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Obama Closes Doors on Openness
Newsweek ^ | Jun 20, 2009 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 06/20/2009 3:42:16 PM PDT by Pacothecat

As a senator, Barack Obama denounced the Bush administration for holding "secret energy meetings" with oil executives at the White House. But last week public-interest groups were dismayed when his own administration rejected a Freedom of Information Act request for Secret Service logs showing the identities of coal executives who had visited the White House to discuss Obama's "clean coal" policies. One reason: the disclosure of such records might impinge on privileged "presidential communications." The refusal, approved by White House counsel Greg Craig's office, is the latest in a series

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TOPICS: Extended News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agenda; bho44; bhoenergy; bhofascism; cleancoal; communism; democrats; economy; energy; gregcraig; isikoff; newsweek; obama; obamasecrets; second100days; transparency
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To: Pacothecat

During the campaign, Biden flat out said they don’t support clean coal. Now they do and they want to meet and not be transparent?....ya gotta believe some money changed hands there behind the scenes...


21 posted on 06/20/2009 6:21:56 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: Pacothecat

During the campaign, Biden flat out said they don’t support clean coal. Now they do and they want to meet and not be transparent?....ya gotta believe some money changed hands there behind the scenes... FOLLOW THE MONEY...


22 posted on 06/20/2009 6:24:00 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
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To: Pacothecat

What is insulting is that Obama and staff thinks we are stuck on stupid. They give openness a tongue bath while stabbing it in the heart.


23 posted on 06/20/2009 7:42:14 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Pacothecat

Another Barakracy.


24 posted on 06/20/2009 8:49:04 PM PDT by cruise_missile
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To: Pacothecat

This is the same group still harassing Bush and Cheney for every one of their discussions???


25 posted on 06/22/2009 1:58:43 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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