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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 889659" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong>Re: Obamanation here today</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/15/the-most-transparent-administration-in-history-has-appealed-a-judge’s-decision-that-the-white-house-visitor-logs-are-subject-to-disclosure-under-foia/" target="_blank">The most transparent administration in the history of mankind has appealed a judge’s decision that the White House visitor logs are subject to disclosure under FOIA</a></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>As transparent as toilet water. Just as stinky too.</strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1011/Obama_administration_appeals_ruling_on_White_House_visitor_logs.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000">(POLITICO)</span></a> — The Obama administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>The Justice Department filed a formal notice of appeal Friday afternoon regarding U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell’s August ruling rejecting arguments that the so-called WAVES records belong to the White House even though they are maintained and used by the Secret Service.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>The decision to appeal the ruling to the D.C. Circuit would appear to be in tension with Obama’s repeated pledges to operate the most transparent administration in history. The White House announced in Sept. 2009 that it was voluntarily releasing the names of most White House visitors from Sept. 15 forward. However, the conservative group Judicial Watch sought information on visits before that date.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>The position taken by the Obama Justice Department, namely that White House visitor records are presidential records and not agency records, is essentially the same one that the department took under President George W. Bush.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Howell did not rule that every White House visit had to be disclosed. However, she concluded that all the data had to be made public unless the government asserted a specific exemption from FOIA, such as provisions protecting national security and privacy.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>There was no immediate comment on the appeal from the White House or the Justice Department.</p></strong></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></p><p></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 889659, member: 1246"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] [B][URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/15/the-most-transparent-administration-in-history-has-appealed-a-judge’s-decision-that-the-white-house-visitor-logs-are-subject-to-disclosure-under-foia/"]The most transparent administration in the history of mankind has appealed a judge’s decision that the White House visitor logs are subject to disclosure under FOIA[/URL] As transparent as toilet water. Just as stinky too. [INDENT][URL="http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1011/Obama_administration_appeals_ruling_on_White_House_visitor_logs.html"][COLOR=#990000](POLITICO)[/COLOR][/URL] — The Obama administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. The Justice Department filed a formal notice of appeal Friday afternoon regarding U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell’s August ruling rejecting arguments that the so-called WAVES records belong to the White House even though they are maintained and used by the Secret Service. The decision to appeal the ruling to the D.C. Circuit would appear to be in tension with Obama’s repeated pledges to operate the most transparent administration in history. The White House announced in Sept. 2009 that it was voluntarily releasing the names of most White House visitors from Sept. 15 forward. However, the conservative group Judicial Watch sought information on visits before that date. The position taken by the Obama Justice Department, namely that White House visitor records are presidential records and not agency records, is essentially the same one that the department took under President George W. Bush. Howell did not rule that every White House visit had to be disclosed. However, she concluded that all the data had to be made public unless the government asserted a specific exemption from FOIA, such as provisions protecting national security and privacy. There was no immediate comment on the appeal from the White House or the Justice Department. [/INDENT] [/B] [/QUOTE]
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