Archive for the ‘FOIA’ Category
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
It would seem life on the mean streets of the post-Bush era is tough for ex-AGs – particularly political gadfly and ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Gonzo loyally protected his boss with the world’s worst imitation of an amnesiac and George repaid his efforts by kicking him to the curb when ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Open the Government.org is a great reference site. They put out an annual report on our governments attempts to keep everything secret. You can view the Pdf report here. From their Press Release, a synopsis of their report for the year 2007:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2008 - Government secrecy increased across ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
When Stephen Colbert coined the term "truthiness", he hit the nail on the head as it applies to our Barney Fife administration. The Great Flip-Flopper sends his PR minions to spin corrections to stories and statements so often, they can "truthifully" claim they did or didn't say something as it ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Executive privilege is arguably a proper and useful way to protect sensitive government information. However, the definition for what qualifies has expanded to the point of ridiculousness. The Bush administration considers everything from the White House cheese log budget to retired presidential toilet swabbers as sacrosanct.
To be fair, "The Privileger"TM ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Judge Marsha Pechman, of the Western District of Washington in Seattle, ordered the IRS to get their shit together within the next thirty days and comply with THREE, count em three, Freedom of Information Act requests that were generated in 1976.
wtf? 1976? From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the ...
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