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Obama Administration Celebrates National Freedom of Information Day By Deleting Federal Regulation On The Freedom of Information Act

President_Barack_ObamaIt has been years before anyone seriously in the Administration has claimed that it is “the most transparent Administration” ever — as President Barack Obama once pledged. The Obama Administration instead has set new lows for its pursuit and prosecution of whistleblowers and reporters as well as classifying and withholding information on potentially embarrassing actions or programs. For that reason, there was not much surprise that the White House chose this week — with the National Freedom of Information Day and the Sunshine Week — to remove a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act.

In fairness to the Administration, both President Bush and Obama have rejected requests for information from the office and they have some case support to refusing to share information with the public. However, particularly with the growing controversy over Hillary Clinton unilaterally using her personal server for emails and instructing subordinates to delete tens of thousands of “personal” emails, the timing and symbolism could not be worse.

The liberal Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) denounced President Obama’s broken promises on transparency as well as the specific move to remove the office from information access under the law. Of course, while it may not be required, the Administration could voluntarily make its self accountable to the public. That is, if it wanted to be the most transparent Administration ever.

Source: USA Today

168 thoughts on “Obama Administration Celebrates National Freedom of Information Day By Deleting Federal Regulation On The Freedom of Information Act”

  1. We do not have Freedom of Information in the U.S. Media
    Zionist Jews Control the Treasonous U.S. Media

    “IT’S TIME WE QUIT with the “corporation” crap put out by Information Clearing House and “presstitute” deception put out by Gerry Celente and Paul Craig Roberts. Jews…NOT “corporations” and “presstitutes”…OWN and CONTROL the media. Period.”

    http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=1008

  3. “How did Nazi rule affect Germans?”

    “The key here is to understand that the Nazi state affected different people in different ways. For the majority of people, in fact, life was good – that is why they turned a blind eye to the fact that – for groups which were not accepted by the Nazi state – life was horrific.” (http://www.johndclare.net/Nazi_Germany3.htm)

  4. max:

    “Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was collateral damage…,

    ********************

    “One administration official described the younger Awlaki as a bystander, in the wrong place at the wrong time. “The U.S. government did not know that Mr. Awlaki’s son was there” before the order to launch the missile was given, the official said.”
    ~ Washington Post (10/22/11)

    Are we responsible to know what we couldn’t know? Or shall we presume that all government officials lie all the time.

  5. Obama, Lois Lerner, Hilary and Nancy Pelosi are all Collateral Damage

  6. Yes mespo,
    Abdulrahman al-Awlaki was collateral damage… No need for due process if that is the case, so said the judge. There was a plausible case for his father however because of the nature of the Administration’s definition of war and the lack of evidence willingly provided to the court, the judge also denied any petition for the father, too.

    So, just to be clear, it’s never incinerating someone when the USA does it under the guise of “collateral damage”. And, it matters not whether you’re a US citizen because to the USG, we’re collateral damage in this war of terrorism.

  10. Patriot:

    Loving the Hitler photo to compliment your anti-semitism on your Twitter feed. Tell me is it hard to type when the white hood slips over your eyes?

  12. Laser:

    I’d go through your list individually but every one is either a fugitive or someone who has had due process afforded them through US courts. You want a list of people whose due process rights are protected? I’ll send you the phone book.

  15. Also need to mention that the “Elders” tome was also sponsored by Henry Ford. But so what?

  16. Who is “Patriot (@musicman27103)”…and doesn’t he/she/it ever tire of the “Zionist Devils” stchick? In the whole world of 7 odd billion people there are only some 16 million Jews, only half in Israel. And WTF is “world Zionism?” Did this guy read “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” and get stuck on that meme? Hey dude/dudette, that tome was written by disgruntled rather non-Jewish Russians at the turn of the previous millennium….then (Godwin alert) sponsored by Adolph Hitler. Any of that make y’all suspicious as to the veracity of that tome? Yeah yeah I know, a few Jews chase shiksas and it’s world domination redux. Please. Just please.

    PS: I chased a few lovely Jewish girls in my college days…and not a one of them made an issue of my gentile status. Funny how that worked out.

  17. Max, I guess his Downton Abbey office will now go to his replacement. Hope he/she likes Downton Abbey, because it will cost taxpayer dollars to redo it.

  19. Karen S.
    Talking of transparency issues…
    Aaron Schock Resigning From Congress Amid Spending Controversy
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/17/aaron-schock-resigning_n_6887588.html

    Bilking the Government 2X’s as much milage than what his records show. Not to mention his “personal photographer” salary and other assets received like markups on real estate… etc. Yes, our Government has been that Conservative boys personal bank… talk about handouts.

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