talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/21/2009
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As David notes below, in his remarks today, President Obama hinted at an issue a lot of us having been thinking about: that is, the fact that as the new President, Obama now speaks for President Bush in terms of a lot of things that President Bush was trying to keep secret during his tenure in ...
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Could Obama's Executive Order Help Pry Loose Bush Records?
TPMMuckraker —
Over at TPM, Josh and David have been mulling the significance of the executive order, issued today by President Obama, concerning the Presidential Records Act. Could it apply retroactively to previous administrations, making it easier to pry loose records that the Bush White House has fought to keep secret?
According to Anne Weismann, a lawyer for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the tentative answer is yes.
As David notes, the order says:
Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I ...
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