EDITORIAL: No sunlight on Black Panthers--Obama administration blocks transparency

The Washington Times ^ | December 13, 2010 | Editorial

[jazusamo]

Judicial Watch is exposing the emptiness of open-government promises by President Obama and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. These Democrats have stiffed the legal public-interest group's Freedom of Information requests related to the Justice Department's dismissal of a voter-intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party. Judicial Watch's Dec. 7 filings reveal the false basis for the administration's novel claims of "privilege" against disclosure.

Judicial Watch says Justice has withheld "approximately 80 documents in their entirety." The department claims many are protected by the "deliberative process privilege." That exemption from disclosure is intended to provide for what the administration calls "a more fulsome decision-making process" without fear of staffers being embarrassed by suggestions they made merely to examine all sides of an issue.

Courts long have established that this privilege applies only to memorandums that are "pre-decisional." Once a decision has been made and enacted, the deliberative process has ended. Many of the unreleased documents were created after Justice ended the Black Panther case and thus clearly were not part of the deliberative process. Judicial Watch bolsters its common-sense argument by citing the Supreme Court precedent in NLRB v. Sears (1975): "Communications made after the decision and designed to explain it are not privileged." Case closed.

[jazusamo]

Obama/Holder is a corrupt tag team enterprize.

[Venturer]

Any blind person can see what is behind this -—Racism.

If two Klansmen in robes had been at a polling place they wouldnt have had to carry clubs to get convicted and jailed,

[cowtowney]

What?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfu1_Scgyow

[STONEWALLS]

....do you see now how the post Civil War KKK took hold?....the South was being run into the ground by crooked blacks in league with crooked carpetbaggers...and all backed by the power of a corrupt Federal administration.

[jazusamo]

Excellent video!

Obama Lies 7 Times In Under 2 Minutes!

[barb-tex]

Aint Reconstruction Hell?

[fight_truth_decay]

A Conflict Over Subpoenas in New Black Panther Case

By Ryan J. Reilly | December 10, 2009 12:57 pm

Todd Gaziano is leading the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights inquiry into the New Black Panther Party case (file photo by Ryan J. Reilly / Main Justice).

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has subpoenaed the Justice Department to obtain documents related to the handling of the case against the New Black Panther Party and several members.

Documents the commission is seeking include witness statements, copies of investigations by the Justice Department, reports of suspected voter intimidation, documents on the decision to drop charges and communications among DOJ officials relating to the case.

Just one problem – it’s up to the Justice Department to enforce the subpoena from the executive branch agency. And therein lies the conflict.

The Justice Department has not decided whether to hand over the material...........more at:

http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/12/10/a-conflict-over-subpoenas-in-new-black-panther-case/

[bareford101]

I really hope and pray that in 2011, we see some new congress people take this up as a priority.

[Lil Flower]

Amen!!