Innit funny that now, in the waning hours of the bush years, we get favorable court rulings ........

Judge deals blow to secret logs

WASHINGTON - A federal judge yesterday rejected the Bush administration's attempt to keep secret the identities of White House visitors and declared that the government illegally deleted Secret Service computer records.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth rejected the argument that revealing Secret Service logs would impede the president's ability to perform his constitutional duties.

The deletions ceased after the archivist to the United States instructed the Secret Service to stop the practice and after various organizations went to court to gain access to the logs, according to papers filed in the case.

In one lawsuit, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, is seeking logs for White House visits by a Texas businessman who allegedly tried to sell access to administration officials in exchange for contributions to Bush's presidential library fund. - AP