Extreme Secrecy on Bush & Cheney Records

[douglas9]

MANHATTAN (CN) - A reporter sued the National Archives and Records Administration for refusing to release information about how former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney tried to shape public opinion during their time in office.
John Cook, a reporter for Gawker Media, made modest requests, which the government rejected. He did not seek government records, but records of who sought records."NARA has indicated that it is currently in possession of more than 10,000 pages of documentation related to special access requests by Designated Representatives and Other Officials for records of former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney," according to his lengthy federal FOIA complaint.
"John Cook, a staff journalist for Gawker Media, made a request under FOIA for copies of these special access requests and related correspondence. Mr. Cook does not seek the Administration's documents, which are protected from disclosure under the PRA ; rather, he seeks only records of which designated representatives and other officials sought and were or were not granted access to what Administration documents.
"Mr. Cook seeks these records in order to gain insight into the way in which the former President and Vice President have chosen to shape the public's perception of their time in office, and to provide this insight to the public through online news stories," the complaint states. (Italics, but not brackets, in original.)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/01/41846.htm

[SpiralHawk]

1. Republicon Occultism

is the means by which Republicons routinely hide scads upon scads of dark, dark doings against America.

[Enthusiast]

2. Like the Cheney secret energy meetings.

Oil went from $24 to $140+ per barrel but the public is not allowed to even know who attended the meetings. Nothing to see here.

[librechik]

3. if it were only the Repubs who do this I would feel differently

we have no representative democracy in this country anymore

[Solly Mack]

4. k/r

[Octafish]

5. Whatever happened to that transparency thing?

Is that just another plank that no longer matters to those looking ahead?

Bush and Cheney lied America into war. They are traitors. Those who cover that up also are traitors.