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=1President 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.