BTW, I just recalled something. Someone on behalf of the Clinton administration raised a hue and cry about the Bush administration not sending the commission all the documents that were available from the Clinton administration files. The Bush administration said there were a bunch of duplicates of things that had already been sent but they would forward the boxes the Clinton people were having a hissy fit about "not being turned over". The media predictably took the talking points and reported it as if the Bush people were trying to withhold information from the commission. It indeed turned out that most were duplicates.
I'll see if I can find it in a bit...I can't look this minute. Anyone else recall this? It could be that once certain documents were removed then make a big deal about how "We're cooperating here but the Bush people won't let us" or some such rot. I remember thinking at the time it was damned odd.
Yes, it was Lindsey, and someone mentioned it above in this thread. Now I have to figure out how to find it again.
I remember them yapping about not handing over documents .. but I didn't know they were talking about Clinton's documents
"By Dan Eggen and Dana Milbank
Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, April 2, 2004; Page A02
The White House has not turned over thousands of pages of documents from the Clinton administration to a commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, even though the records are relevant to the panel's mission, one of Clinton's attorneys said yesterday.
Bruce R. Lindsey, who represents the former president on records issues, said yesterday that the Bush administration has turned over about 25 percent of the nearly 11,000 pages of Clinton records that document custodians had determined should be released to the commission investigating the terrorist attacks. Lindsey said that, as a result, the commission may not have a full picture of the Clinton administration's anti-terrorism efforts.