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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 11:17 AM
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FBI releases some files on President Bush to blogger after Freedom of Info
Edited on Tue Apr-26-05 11:19 AM by CottonBear
FBI releases some files on President Bush to blogger after Freedom of Information request

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 20 pages of files on President George W. Bush to an activist blogger who sought the president’s records under a Freedom of Information Act Request last summer, RAW STORY has learned.

The release, which comprises two threats made against the President in 2001 and 2003, is scant. It includes letters from the U.S. Secret Service to the FBI forensic laboratory to request DNA analyses and the lab’s replies. There is no information about the president’s background.

Michael Petrelis, who keeps a blog and is a longtime gay activist, obtained the file last week and believes the FBI has withheld much of their records on the president. Those who deal regularly with such requests tell RAW STORY most of the president’s file is protected under the information law.

The records’ release, however scant, may mark a new landmark in blogger journalism. Petrelis says his frustration with the mainstream media’s lack of attention to the president’s record led him to make the request himself. Thousands of pages relating to Sen. John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War were released as organizations are not given the same privacy rights as individuals under the law.

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http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/fbi_releases_bush_records_blogger_426
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 11:31 AM
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1. Repukes are drunk with power. Watch for these nazis to eliminate FOIA
.. idiots.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 11:35 AM
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2. That is a scary thought.
Edited on Tue Apr-26-05 11:35 AM by CottonBear
The main point of this request was to bring attention to the massive scrutiny of Kerry's entire history and record as compared to the almost total lack of information about what * was doing before he became governor of Texas.

:scared: This is getting ugly.
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Selteri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 01:13 PM
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3. Passed Ugly
Right now it's bordering on a Medusan Vissage of corruption.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 06:06 PM
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4. Already have so severely damaged that it may as well be
eliminated
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 07:18 PM
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7. You got that right--remember, it is an ACT
It is not enshrined in the Constitution. We have the Freedom of Information ACT only as long as they ALLOW us to have it....
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MontageOfFreedom Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 06:46 PM
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5. Mr Bush's face each day reflects more and more of the truth....
A country battered by corruption, deceit, and propaganda. A country battered by the rising insolent verbage of a cult and secret plot Dick Cheney doesn't want to admit.

A country overthrown by embarassed politicians thinking their policies for god are the true policies of god....

And when that dreaded impeachment trial ensues, lets hope all the corruption goes out the door with them.
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UpInArms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 07:05 PM
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6. from your keyboard
to god/dess's ears.

And when that dreaded impeachment trial ensues, lets hope all the corruption goes out the door with them.
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MontageOfFreedom Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 10:15 PM
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8. Amen. n/t
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-05 10:17 PM
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9. God Bless the Bloggers!!!
You Go Bloggers!!!
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