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Topic: OBAMA CONCEALS WHITE HOUSE VISITOR LOG
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Ami Anne
Moderator Posts: 46267
From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 02, 2013 09:14 AM
  
Remember when Obama campaigned on the promise that he’d maintain the “most transparent administration in history?” Another lie, what a surprise.On Aug. 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in a 3-0 decision that the Freedom of Information Act does not require Pres. Barack Obama to release the White House visitor log. The decision allows Obama to keep the log classified for a period of 12 years. But Americans are furious over yet another attempt to cover up Executive branch activities. “A president that doesn’t want Americans, under law, to know who his visitors are is a president who doesn’t want to be accountable,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. He also mentioned that Judicial Watch is “strongly considering” appealing the court’s decision. ------------------
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Ami Anne
Moderator Posts: 46267
From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 02, 2013 09:15 AM
Sorry for the Caps in the title. I copied it that way.------------------
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AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7787
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 12:54 PM
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“A president that doesn’t want Americans, under law, to know who his visitors are is a president who doesn’t want to be accountable,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
Reminds me of the secret meetings Dick Cheney used to have. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
Moderator Posts: 46267
From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted September 03, 2013 12:58 PM
AG
You can never admit anything. The denseness is mind boggling. It is like talking to a literal brick wall. I don't think I have ever talked to someone who has this level of density before.
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AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7787
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 01:12 PM
I can admit stuff. What are you talking about? quote:
The denseness is mind boggling. It is like talking to a literal brick wall.
That's how it is dealing with any of you conservatives here, if you hadn't noticed. quote:
I don't think I have ever talked to someone who has this level of density before.I am sure I have but I can't remember
I'm certain you have...not only in people here, but also just talking to yourself as you go about your day. You seriously have NO comprehension of how you come off. What would you like me to admit? Make sure that it's something factual, and I'll have no trouble admitting it. In fact, let's take it a step further. Let's trade admissions. I'll admit to something that's factually true from your side, and in return you'll do the same. This would be a whole new chapter in GU. Since we're in this thread, I'll admit that Obama's administration isn't nearly as transparent as he had apparently hoped it would be. It's not. It's communicative to a degree, but otherwise it's similarly as secret as the previous administration even more so by some measurements (FOIA requests would be one). IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 31982
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 01:22 PM
This is the same Obama who praised the FOIA and strongly defended it while running for office, but who now wants to dismantle it.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7787
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 01:32 PM
I don't think I can support the premise that he's out to dismantle it. That seems a little overblown.IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 31982
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 02:20 PM
Back in 2009, Obama said that: "A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency," and he went on to expound how that the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) encouraged both. This law came into existance after Watergate. Not surprisingly, President Ford (on the advice of his Chief of Staff, Donald Rumsfield, and Rumsfield's Deputy, Dick Cheney--yes, these dinosaurs have been in government that long) vetoed it, but Congress voted to override the veto. But on October 30, 2011 Obama proposed making changes to the FOIA. The changes included the government's right to not only deny any requested documents but to also pretend those documents do not even exist! IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7787
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 02:34 PM
That was a proposed rule change (based on a Reagan design), not a dismantling of the institution.
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2011/11/justice-rethinks-planned-changes-to-foia-policy/35352/ IP: Logged |
Randall
Webmaster Posts: 31982
From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 05:36 PM
You don't think that rule change dismantles it? It renders it virtually ineffective at doing what it was intended for. They would be able to deny the request and even lie about the documents existing! And coming from a supposed pro-transparency president.IP: Logged |
AcousticGod
Knowflake Posts: 7787
From: Pleasanton, CA
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted September 03, 2013 06:48 PM
I don't know the particulars of the suggested rule. I know that it was based on a Reagan idea that information that could help criminals ought not be released.IP: Logged |
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