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In reply to the discussion: White House office to delete its FOIA regulations [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)89. Politics is nothing more than a team sport these days.
It is legal and a D is after the name so hey the courts did the right thing. Even though those defending this are not actually reading the ruling itself which clearly stated that the material in question did not have to be or should be hidden.
This is a fucking choice by the Obama Administration to make. They are not being forced to do so. They are not cleaning up out-dated procedures and protocols. They are continuing the lack of transparency that has now been going on for close to 15 years.
It is sickening.
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The entire detailed legislative and legal history is what some folks are missing. Obama's White
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#5
"well-settled legal interpretations." sounds like bush's excuse for water-boarding
Romeo.lima333
Mar 2015
#27
Codifying settled law, in the legal sense, is now cause for outrage directed personally at Obama for some folks it seems.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#11
Something smells rotten, but maybe you are facing in the wrong direction, sir?
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#16
Erm, so all that Clinton-hunting, breaking down the walls of the White House
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2015
#12
"consistent with court rulings that hold that the office is not subject to the transparency law."
elleng
Mar 2015
#18
This ruling applies to the WH Office of Administration and implements a 2009 apellate decision
onenote
Mar 2015
#21
Ditto - on your headline only. The ODS on DU in times like these is truly sickening.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#28
Transparency my ass - just another perty speech by a slick-talking front for the Oligarchs.
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2015
#36
Yes its the freakin' center of the universe. Now name one person who has worked
onenote
Mar 2015
#54
In 2009 the courts held that the statute doesn't apply to it OA in a suit brought in 2007
onenote
Mar 2015
#59
I recall that Obama promised transparency in his administration when he ran for president
JDPriestly
Mar 2015
#47
A court ruled in 2009 that the FOIA statute didn't cover the WH Office of Administration
onenote
Mar 2015
#51
Lovely rant. Has nothing to do with the act of taking an unenforced and unenforceable
onenote
Mar 2015
#64
First and foremost, Obama is a politician. Before he is anything else we want him to be.
Calista241
Mar 2015
#97