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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:08 PM
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White House continues arguing visitor logs are exempt records
The Obama administration is continuing to argue that White House visitor logs are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, despite other district court holdings saying otherwise....

"The presidential communications privilege, as its name and the Circuit’s opinions suggest, extends only to communications," Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia ruled in a similar lawsuit. "The visit records sought by plaintiff need only consist of the visitor’s name, date and time of visit, and in some cases the name of the person requesting access for the visitor and in some cases the name of the person visited."

In the Obama administration's latest filing, however, they claim that “the district court cases on which relies for a contrary conclusion were incorrectly decided.” The government court filings also note the administration’s new discretionary release policy with respect to the visitor logs, and cite national security concerns as an additional reason for withholding the records.

http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11405
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IndianaJoe Donating Member (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:17 PM
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1. Ah yes, transparency! We need more transparency! n/t
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 01:08 AM
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18. .
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:21 PM
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2. SSDA
Same shit, different administration.
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The Northerner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:22 PM
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3. K+R
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leeloo Donating Member (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:38 PM
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4. Transparency and all ot that stuff..K&R
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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:42 PM
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5. Still hope-y, but need more change-y. nt
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 04:56 PM
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6. Obama pushing Bush Era policies
how very un-change-like. :puke:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 12:44 PM
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19. .
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Kalun D Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 05:04 PM
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7. No Records
No record of when big banking, big pharma, big healthcare, big insurance, big oil... drops by to make a visit and an influence payment.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 05:06 PM
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8. It's OK, they have 'national security concerns'.
:crazy:
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Old Troop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 06:58 PM
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9. This disturbs me. I expected better.
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 07:37 PM
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10. Change you can believe in.
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 07:39 PM
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11. Didn't the White House just release like a brazillion visitor records?
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 07:40 PM
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13. Ah, a couple months ago, and it was 25,000.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 07:40 PM
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12. and the beat goes on....
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 08:14 PM
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14. Quick, post a picture of a puppy.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 08:21 PM
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15. Done.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 08:23 PM
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16. !!!
Well, every doggy needs love lol
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-10 08:29 PM
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17. That's a Chinese Crested
Of course, it needs love, plenty of it!
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-02-10 03:07 PM
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20. ........
Edited on Sun May-02-10 03:09 PM by OmmmSweetOmmm


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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-03-10 04:44 AM
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21. Adorable.
AND changes the subject lol!
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