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Mr. Sparkle

(2,930 posts)
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:11 PM Apr 2017

Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration announced Friday that it would discontinue former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”

Instead, the Trump administration said it would release information only under far more limited circumstances: for those visiting components of the White House classified under the law as separate agencies, such as the Office of Management and Budget. Under the new policy, it will be up to the White House to decide whether to release names of visitors coming to meet with the president, vice president and their senior staff.

The Trump administration was sued in federal court earlier this week by a coalition of watchdog groups in a bid to compel the release of records made public under Obama, which were published on a White House-maintained Web page. Since Trump took office in January, the page where the visitor logs had been publicly available has gone dark, and Trump administration officials said Friday that they will no longer maintain it, a move that the White House said would save taxpayers $70,000 by 2020.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/04/14/trump-to-discontinue-obama-policy-of-voluntarily-releasing-white-house-visitor-logs/

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Trump to discontinue Obama policy of voluntarily releasing White House visitor logs (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Apr 2017 OP
So sick of this corrupt bunch pretending their lack of transparency and accountability Tanuki Apr 2017 #1
Hey, we're talking $70,000 here. That ain't chump change. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2017 #3
Me, too. MBS Apr 2017 #14
President Obama's roasting of Trump at that WHCD really got under his orange skin. CrispyQ Apr 2017 #2
It is the singular reason trump is trying to cause as much harm to as Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #6
Spot on not fooled Apr 2017 #21
All part of his pathology. A narcissist with a propensity for hitting back 10 times harder .... Grammy23 Apr 2017 #32
Yup, I agree 100%. n/t MBS Apr 2017 #15
He is so corrupt and guilty kimbutgar Apr 2017 #4
Me, too. MBS Apr 2017 #16
$70,000 over 4 years............ mrmpa Apr 2017 #5
Golf cart rental for Secret Service has already run $35k down the drain, Tanuki Apr 2017 #25
"grave" concerns - what BS vlyons Apr 2017 #7
Then Trump has either made the U.S. and the world LESS safe or vkkv Apr 2017 #8
But our internet browsing habits should be made available Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #9
This asshole just dropped a GBU-43b bomb and he just dropped 59 cruise missiles turbinetree Apr 2017 #10
So I did the math... HoosierDebbie Apr 2017 #27
probably 5000 thrilled, "for profit" war contractors swarming as "visitors", Republicans are hiding. Sunlei Apr 2017 #31
Trump does not want you to know how many Russians he is keeping in the basement Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #11
All the WH visitor logs? - Or just the ones in Russian? keithbvadu2 Apr 2017 #12
I guess we need a court order to find out FakeNoose Apr 2017 #30
Is he even at the WH enough to actually have any significant log entries? BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #13
There are also lawsuits to get the Maralago logs also Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #18
Yup. I heard that too. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #19
I am going to save you $70,000 as I spend $3 million to play golf Angry Dragon Apr 2017 #17
Could he be running Trump business(es) out of the WH? DesertRat Apr 2017 #20
Can you imagine how the "transparency bros" would have treated Obama? Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #22
So many Russian names moondust Apr 2017 #23
It already got Nunes jammed up in a felony rap, sooooooo... alcibiades_mystery Apr 2017 #24
The only thing that this is saving is Trump's ass. Initech Apr 2017 #26
But media harped on how Hillary was too private and secretive-double standard as usual wishstar Apr 2017 #28
Republicans hide from American people that outside political charities do all their 'work' for them. Sunlei Apr 2017 #29

Tanuki

(14,917 posts)
1. So sick of this corrupt bunch pretending their lack of transparency and accountability
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:15 PM
Apr 2017

is designed to "save taxpayers" money, given their wretched excesses of self dealing at our expense.

CrispyQ

(36,446 posts)
2. President Obama's roasting of Trump at that WHCD really got under his orange skin.
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:16 PM
Apr 2017

He has focused on undoing everything Obama put in place.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
6. It is the singular reason trump is trying to cause as much harm to as
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:20 PM
Apr 2017

many of his voters as he can.

Trump does want to destroy Obama and every single soul who voted for him.

Electing Trump is a sign of the greatest dysfunction in recorded history.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
21. Spot on
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 03:28 PM
Apr 2017
Trump does want to destroy Obama and every single soul who voted for him.

Electing Trump is a sign of the greatest dysfunction in recorded history.


WTF is wrong with people who would vote for this???

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
32. All part of his pathology. A narcissist with a propensity for hitting back 10 times harder ....
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 11:42 AM
Apr 2017

(HIS words)....He won't let any bygone insult (real or perceived) go unattended. Honestly, I think he has a little black book of slights, insults and hurt feelings that he keeps by his bed. It is uppermost in his mind to repay each and every one with a hit that hurts and leaves a mark. For as long as he is alive, he will work that list until he has a check mark by each entry. It's not like he has a choice. It is just WHO he is and how he operates. He pretty much told us this during the campaign and his life, so far, has shown this to be true. Insulting tweets and lawsuits are his stock and trade. Don't expect any of this to change....he will be this way until he is six feet under and pushing up daisies.

Tanuki

(14,917 posts)
25. Golf cart rental for Secret Service has already run $35k down the drain,
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 02:30 AM
Apr 2017

and we're not even 3 months into the term! That $70k is also less than the amount that the orange lamprey jacked up the annual fee for membership at Mar-a-lago, just to keep it in perspective.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
7. "grave" concerns - what BS
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:26 PM
Apr 2017

"Grave" really? Everything is so extreme with this man. Either the greatest or a disaster. Well we all know perfectly well what the "grave" concerns are. He doesn't want us to know the latest folks to show up bringing bribes. Asshole.

 

vkkv

(3,384 posts)
8. Then Trump has either made the U.S. and the world LESS safe or
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:34 PM
Apr 2017

he's in a desperate need to hide his visitors' identities from the public - much like his hiding of his tax returns,
or both.

turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
10. This asshole just dropped a GBU-43b bomb and he just dropped 59 cruise missiles
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:36 PM
Apr 2017

that so far has cost the taxpayers over 150 million dollars, just on those ordinance factors, not including military ships and planes.

And now he has sent a battle group into the Sea of Japan just to say hello to another narcissistic asshole who has just as much as an inferiority complex that he has, and then in his chocolate cake moment of BS with a communist asshole, that is just as much as a megalomaniac like himself, he goes and spends 3 million on his rat infested resort to bilk us out of tax dollars, when he could be on vacation at Camp David, that's paid for!!!!!!!

But nope he's worried that keeping things transparent from the people that own that fucking building (Washington, not the hotel that he getting paid for and breaking the emolument clause of many items, that this worthless right wing congress should be asking about ) which he lives for free in, I stand corrected that we pay for everyday, that inhibits his lawlessness, that we the people are asking to much if anyone on his team committed TREASON and we want to see the LOG's, because we wouldn't have found out and to top it all off that the taxpayers were paying to have fucking Congressman running over there to spread his BS and to deflect the TREASON, with the help of the Speaker of the House, who also doesn't want us to have this transparency, so that we have access to those LOG'S----------hey guess what sexual predator, Go Fuck yourself and the horse you road in in on WE own the House, We Own the Log's, if you don't like it, leave, move out





HoosierDebbie

(289 posts)
27. So I did the math...
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 03:56 AM
Apr 2017

If "they" estimate a total cost of $70,000 between now and the beginning of 2020, then I figure that cost to be just over $3.00 an hour. Seems like a great bargain to me!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
31. probably 5000 thrilled, "for profit" war contractors swarming as "visitors", Republicans are hiding.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:23 AM
Apr 2017
This is a trillion dollar profit year for the cheney-type, 'for profits' Corps. Military supplies, 'for profit' prison corps, 'voucher' schools and 'for profit' medical care Corps.

All earning billions of Americans Federal money.

Maybe more billions if the new "for profit" USA "detention" camps can snag several million undocumented Americans with lots of children to house 'separately'.

Oh and forgot the new wall "costs" and 10,000 new border guards, and the costs to eminate domain land for our 100 mile wide "border" against Mexico.

These wealthy guys are big spenders when it's not their own money.

FakeNoose

(32,617 posts)
30. I guess we need a court order to find out
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:20 AM
Apr 2017

...They won't release the logs "voluntarily".

So we'll have to make it involuntary. There's always a way.



BumRushDaShow

(128,738 posts)
13. Is he even at the WH enough to actually have any significant log entries?
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 02:47 PM
Apr 2017


Seems he spends most of his time down in Florida inviting people to visit for "meetings" or playing golf or watching someone else play golf.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
22. Can you imagine how the "transparency bros" would have treated Obama?
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 04:52 PM
Apr 2017

And naturally they're all silent on this story...

wishstar

(5,268 posts)
28. But media harped on how Hillary was too private and secretive-double standard as usual
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:27 AM
Apr 2017

Public will have to fight for even a little accountability with this entitled Trump cabal

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
29. Republicans hide from American people that outside political charities do all their 'work' for them.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:07 AM
Apr 2017

That's OUR Federal government. Americans have a right to observe OUR elected people at work.

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