Conflict of interest much?

[novapsyche]

Justice Dept. argues limits of FOIA law

Opening a new front in the Bush administration's battle to keep its records confidential, the Justice Department is contending that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

The department's argument is in response to a lawsuit trying to force the office to reveal what it knows about the disappearance of White House e-mails.

The Office of Administration provides administrative services, including information technology support, to the Executive Office of the President. Most of the White House is not subject to the FOIA, but certain components within it handle FOIA requests. Last year the Office of Administration processed 65 FOIA requests.

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[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

This is, of course, the continuation of BushCo's attempt to create a dictatorship. It has slowly eroded the ability of "We the People" to monitor and perform oversight over the White House. Once ordinary Americans are no longer able to perform honest evaluation of the President's work, Party Propaganda takes over, and well... it's Orson-Welles-ville from there.

The rest of what I have to say about the situation would endanger my status as a legal Resident Alien, so I'm going to shut up now...

[dionysus1999.livejournal.com]

"We'll tell you if you need to know, now stop bothering us."

Our government is a joke, a rather cruel and ugly one.