Obama adopts Bush rules on FOIA

[ChairmanAgnostic]

So much for transparency. The Obama admin adopted the anti-FOIA rules used by the Bush administration for the White House Office of Administration:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7589622&page=1

President Obama's recent about-face to fight the release of photographs purportedly showing detainee abuse met with sharp protests from watchdogs and open-government advocates. . . .

But it's not the first time the White House has acted at the expense of Obama's promise to run "the most transparent and accountable government in history."
A sweeping new Obama administration openness policy doesn't apply to a key White House office that supports most of Obama's key staff and advisers, administration officials confirm. Rather, the Obama White House has opted to retain a Bush-era policy that blocks information about those operations from public release. . .

In 2007, then-president George W. Bush, whose penchant for secrecy was a reliable villain in Obama's campaign speeches, became the first president to declare the White House Office of Administration off-limits to public inquiries. At the time, Bush was engaged in a heated court battle with good government groups over access to information about a massive batch of missing White House e-mails.

Today, the Obama White House Web site announces that the Office of Administration "is not subject to FOIA and related authorities." And that's just not good enough, say government watchdogs.

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OK, Huntsman is a great choice for China. Hilary was a great choice for SecState. But Morano for the top environmental lawyer in the DOJ? She horrific! and now this? I am getting some seriously mixed messages here.

[lostnotforgotten]

1. Thanks I Can Add To My List - Obama Massive Fail - FOIA, Torture, Health Care, ...

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[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

2. LOL. Yeah that non-existent health care bill is already a total failure.

Future-Fails! Why only limit you bitching about what he's done and start ragging on those things that he will obviously fail in the future...

[lostnotforgotten]

3. Precluding Single Payer From Consideration Is the Failure Is That Health Care Related Enough For You

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. when his admin swallows the Trillion Dollar Bait

cast by Big Insurance, and takes it hook, line, and sinker, (and two days later they recant their "promise") then I submit that either he never planned to do what he campaign on, or he is extremely naive. The public reaction here and abroad about the torture photos and the refusal to prosecute the CIA folks who tortured Iraqis is just a sign on discontent.

[katandmoon]

4. Bush 1, Obama 0

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. the real fish or cut bait time will come with the USSC nominee.