Reply #15: US CODE, PRA and Reagan and Bush Executive Orders re PRA

[L. Coyote]

Bush revoked Reagan's order to cover up Iran-Contra and more.

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Executive Order 13233 - Further Implementation of the Presidential Records Act
Source: The provisions of Executive Order 13233 of November 1, 2001, appear at 66 FR 56025, dated November 5, 2001.
http://www.archives.gov/about/laws/appendix/13233.html

GWB: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures implementing section 2204 of title 44 of the United States Code with respect to constitutionally based privileges, including those that apply to Presidential records reflecting military, diplomatic, or national security secrets, Presidential communications, legal advice, legal work, or the deliberative processes of the President and the President's advisors, and to do so in a manner consistent with the Supreme Court's decisions in Nixon v. Administrator of General Services, 433 U.S. 425 (1977), and other cases, it is hereby ordered as follows: ....

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Sec. 13. Revocation. Executive Order 12667 of January 18, 1989, is revoked.

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http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12667.html

Ronald Reagan: Executive Order 12667--Presidential Records

Source: The provisions of Executive Order 12667 of Jan. 16, 1989, appear at 54 FR 3403, unless otherwise noted.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of Executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as follows:

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This Order is intended only to improve the internal management of the Executive branch and is not intended to create any right or benefit....

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TITLE 44 > CHAPTER 22—PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode44/usc_sup_01_44_10_22.html