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WH visitor logs now join sealed college transcripts
(AyPee) Court rules against disclosure of WH visitor listWASHINGTON A federal court was it? Yes, I see, here it is. A federal appeals court has ruled that White House visitor logs for the president and most of the White House staff are not public information. Would that be the same 'people's house' which they [the people] can no longer visit ? The 3-0 decision would keep the visitor records confidential for up to 12 years after President Barack Obama leaves office. And the purpose would be ? The appeals court ruling deals a defeat to a private group that asked the Secret Service for all White House visitor logs from Obama's first seven months in office. Takes the bloody F right out of FOIA now doesn't it ? The appeals court says Congress made clear that it did not want documents like the appointment calendars of the president and his close advisers to be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. I somehow don't recall disclosure having been a problem previously. The gov't monitoring of hundreds of millions of US Citizen e-mails and cellie conversations continues to be quite alright ? A conservative-oriented watchdog group that sought the records says it is considering an appeal. More fallout from the Lois Lerner IRS failures, these pesky conservative groups. Posted by: Visitor 2013-09-01 |
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