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March 29, 2011
Transparency Update: FOIA Requests Continue To Go Unanswered By Obama Administration
Topics: Political News and commentariesHmmm..., make that a "lack of" transparency update. Apparently, the man who ran as the post-partisan candidate and pledged to run the most transparent administration ever ... is not only not being open and transparent but actually has political operatives screening Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
... uncensored emails newly obtained by the AP show that employees within the Homeland Security Department were warning that senior Obama administration appointees were delaying the release of government files. Department employees' emails described the appointees' behavior as "meddling" and even "crazy." One email from the deputy to the department's chief privacy officer said of the political appointees, "They don't like to abide by the law or be reminded that they are breaking it." That employee has since been replaced, a move that has raised questions of "retaliation."As Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is quoted the link as saying, if a hyper-partisan politician like Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) can come forward and note such a heinous way of handling FOIA requests by this administration, then that speaks volumes.
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Posted by Richard at March 29, 2011 9:54 AM
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