Bush Administration Intentionally Ignored Email Problems To Cover Their Butts
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In 2007, CREW and the National Security Archive sued the Bush White House for violating federal records laws. To settle the case, the Obama White House released thousands of previously withheld documents. These records reveal that top White House officials knew about the ongoing problems with the email archiving system, but repeatedly refused to take corrective action.‘A democratic system of government requires transparency,’ said Melanie Sloan, CREW’s Executive Director. ’But the Bush administration prided itself on keeping secrets from the American people, ignoring federal records laws requiring White House emails be preserved for future generations.’ Sloan continued, ‘Emails that might shed light on our nation’s recent history – including records created in the lead up to the U.S. war in Iraq – have been wiped away.’
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You mean like being transparent and forthcoming at the Blogo trial?
Transparent like Obamas promise to post perspective bills online before he signs them into law?
Nothing has changed An Associated Press examination of 17 major agencies’ handling of FOIA requests found denials 466,872 times, an increase of nearly 50% from the 2008 fiscal year under Bush.
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/21/nation/la-na-ticket21-2010mar21
Look over there!
Shorter EL: IOKIYAD
You mean like being transparent and forthcoming at the Blogo trial?
Huh?
Transparent like Obamas promise to post perspective bills online before he signs them into law?
They have been.
But in short: LOOK OVER HERE!
“ONE OF MY BUDDIES WILL POST THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE”-Matt Drudge
They have been.
BZZZZT! Sorry Hans, wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jepoardy where the scores can really change?
So no comment from cons about Bush’s willful violation of the law? Just look over there? How (not) surprising.
Look over there, thirded. Good effort.
That said, this is the party of ‘series of tubes’. Are we sure this isn’t just regular stupid?
Farris:
preceded by:
That’s, uh, interesting. You’re close – ever so close – to actually having something meaningful to say. And yet, the site you send doesn’t establish that you have anything meaningful to say. Would you like to try again?
Think carefully here: the two quoted passages *do not* establish your point because relevant facts are missing.
I know that thinking carefully is new territory for you, but it’s ever so possible that you might actually show that you can research an issue, and actually make a factual claim.
Obama “will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days.”
Obama transparency solution: ALL bills are now “emergency” bills and therefore exempt from the “posted for 5 days” rule.
Problem solved!
LHW wants more links? LHW Gets more links!
How about we take a look at Obama’s most credited achievements?
Stimulus:
Passed on 2/13/2009
Signed on 2/17/2009 (4 days)
ObamaCare:
Passed on 3/21/2010
Signed on 3/23/2010 (2 days)
Lilly Ledbetter Act (According to Oliver, Obama’s 3rd greatest achievement)
Passed on 1/27/2009
Signed on 1/29/2009 (2 days)
Has Cheney released the list of people who were part of his Energy task force yet?
Bush breaks Federal law= Obama allegedly breaks promise by posting a bill on his website for 2 days rather than 5.
Oh, and look over there! Any comment on the original post? bueller, bueller?
Seriously? Destroying emails vs. a 2-day lag? Really? That’s the best ‘look over there’ you’ve got?
Really?
Why even drag bush up? It’s not like Obama is going to have the justice department do a damn thing. He is a has-been, not like we are ever going to see him run for office again.
So honestly, who is the one playing look at the wookie?
Seriously? Destroying emails vs. a 2-day lag? Really? That’s the best ‘look over there’ you’ve got?
OK, How about “breaking federal law by using personal e-mail accounts to contact lobbyists“?
Or “Detouring FOIA requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny“?
Or even “Treasury Ignores FOIA Despite Obama Open Government Initiative”
Obviously, IOKIYAD.
For the attention-span-challenged readers: Bush Bad, Obama Good
Bush breaks Federal law = Obama breaks Federal law
FIFY
And please note it is the exact same group (CREW) making the charge against Obama.
Now look over here!
Liberals are deeply disturbed by claims about Bush administration lawbreaking but strangely silent and seemingly apathetic when it comes to claims about Obama administration lawbreaking.
It’s a puzzler all right.
Conservatives are deeply disturbed by claims about Obama administration lawbreaking but strangely silent and seemingly apathetic when it comes to claims about Bush administration lawbreaking.
/fixed
So Dave, then, is it fair to say, given your use of the equals sign, that you think Bush was just as bad as Obama?
A ‘yes’ or ‘no’ would be fine.
So Dave, then, is it fair to say, given your use of the equals sign, that you think Bush was just as bad as Obama?
In the category of “doing whatever his administration wanted regardless of what laws are broken”, the answer is definitely “yes”. Not being a Bush fan, that’s an easy one for me to admit.
I doubt you will get the equivalent admission about Obama from EL and the others here.
Farris, this is so, so close to being a good moment for you. You’re *almost* – *ALMOST* – making a supported accusation. What’s missing?
Here’s the relevant portions again:
Try thinking – if you read both passages carefully, it’s possible that the missing issue might just jump out at you.