Kentucky Gov. Withheld Records, Court Rules (Re:Cheney's visit expense)

[Rose Siding]

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Gov. Ernie Fletcher and state police improperly withheld expense records for services provided when Vice President Dick Cheney was briefly in the state en route to an Indiana fundraiser, a judge ruled Monday.

The administration had invoked a new exception to the Kentucky Open Records Law that allows governments to keep some records secret if they can show their disclosure would pose a "reasonable likelihood" of being useful for plotting a terrorist attack.

Franklin County Circuit Judge Roger Crittenden ruled the administration had shown no such likelihood.

On March 28, Cheney flew in and out of Louisville, where he was driven across the Ohio River into southern Indiana to attend a political fundraising event. The state police helped provide some security, traffic control and other services.

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