http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=2&u=/ap/20050415/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_asne\
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday that the public should know as much as possible about government decision-making, but national security and personal privacy — including his — need to be protected.
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Under the Clinton administration, federal agencies were urged to resolve disclosure decisions by releasing, not withholding, government information. In October 2001, however, former Attorney General John Ashcroft changed that policy.
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Bush refused to discuss a high-profile case about a news column that disclosed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Her name was first published in a 2003 column by Robert Novak, who cited two unidentified senior administration officials as his sources.
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Asked whether he thought the reporters were right not to reveal their sources, Bush said: "You think I'm going there? You're crazy."What a dickweed!!
On edit: Is this their excuse for blocking info and access re: the Education Dept's hiring Armstrong Williams?
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is impeding an investigation into the Education Department's hiring of commentator Armstrong Williams by refusing to allow key White House officials to be interviewed, a Democratic lawmaker briefed on the review said Thursday.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=693&e=3&u=/ap/20050415/ap_on_go_pr_wh/education_investigation