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Clinton Library Stonewalling Document Requests
NewsMax ^ | 3/19/07 | NewsMax

Posted on 03/19/2007 2:10:06 PM PDT by wagglebee

Dozens of reporters, historians and others have filed requests for documents from the archive of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.

But 16 months after the library began accepting applications for material, no major requests for sensitive documents related to Hillary Clinton’s years as first lady have been honored, a Newsday investigation found.

"I haven’t received any documents or even a note indicating that they’re searching the records,” said Jeff Gerth, a former New York Times reporter who filed a request for documents in January 2006 for a Clinton biography.

With Hillary Clinton seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, researchers are seeking undisclosed details from the Clintons’ eight years in the White House.

But the Clintons’ longtime personal lawyer Bruce Lindsey has control over the 138-million-page archive’s documents and can reject any request.

According to a list of Freedom of Information Act requests obtained by Newsday, the documents sought include almost all of Hillary Clinton’s files as first lady, her daily White House schedules, office diaries, day planners and telephone logs, as well as files related to Clinton scandals including Whitewater, Travelgate and Monica Lewinsky.

Of the first 54 requests that were acted upon up until last November, only four were granted.

Since then about 500,000 pages of documents have been released, but none of them have contained any potentially sensitive material.

Officials at the library blame the delay on the sheer volume of requests.

"This is a tremendously complex and convoluted process,” the library’s supervising archivist, Melissa Walker, told Newsday.

"We review documents line by line, document by document, not box by box. It takes a lot of time.”

Tom Fitton, executive director of Judicial Watch – a conservative group that has asked for Hillary documents – complained: "We’re getting nowhere.”


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008election; arkansasmafia; billydale; clinton2008; clintonistas; clintonlegacy; clintonlibrary; craiglivingstone; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; freedomofinformation; nothirdterm; roselawfirm; unelectedcopresident
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To: wagglebee
Dozens of reporters, historians and others have filed requests for documents from the archive of the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.

Dozens of reporters, historians and others have been added to Hillary's enemies list. They will be crushed in her iron fist on January 20, 2009, and their entrails will be fed to the dogs.

21 posted on 03/19/2007 3:04:21 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
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To: Freee-dame

Don't anybody hold your breath!


22 posted on 03/19/2007 3:06:42 PM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: upchuck

Hell, it ain't even a double wide.

23 posted on 03/19/2007 3:13:33 PM PDT by Between the Lines (I am very cognizant of my fallibility, sinfulness, and other limitations. So should you.)
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To: Between the Lines

I've heard they crammed in a lot of massage parlors into a small space, though.


24 posted on 03/19/2007 3:18:47 PM PDT by unkus
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To: wagglebee

Of course they are going to be stonewalling. Hillary's greatest enemy is the truth.


25 posted on 03/19/2007 3:41:57 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: wagglebee

I think the only two people working in the records section are Sandy Bergler and Susan McDougall, they can only shred and hide so many documents.


26 posted on 03/19/2007 4:23:21 PM PDT by Duke Nukum ('Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all/ Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.' --Yeats)
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To: Freee-dame

What are the odds that they have Sandy Burglar doing the document search and collection... He'll take care of your every need!


27 posted on 03/19/2007 4:53:19 PM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("Salvation is not free")
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what does the head of the clinton library do all day besides not filling requests?


28 posted on 03/19/2007 5:06:29 PM PDT by isom35
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To: unkus

Years ago when Rush was DJ for a Sacramento, California station he had to travel through Rio Linda occasionally. He related the story years ago about the cars on wooden blocks in the front yards, junk everywhere etc., thus the analogy of "...those of you in Rio Linda..."

I was joking as we aren't anywhere near Rio Linda, and nobody around here has any cars on the front lawn up on blocks. Maybe a dead tractor in the backyard, but no cars up on blocks.


29 posted on 03/19/2007 7:08:06 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: wagglebee

Why is the building arranged with a train track running right in front of it?


30 posted on 03/19/2007 7:09:07 PM PDT by omnivore
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To: omnivore

To move the "hoes" in and out faster.


31 posted on 03/19/2007 7:10:59 PM PDT by unkus
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To: wagglebee
If the libraries a rockin'....

...you know it's time to get the ice out for another rape victim...

32 posted on 03/19/2007 7:39:34 PM PDT by libs_kma (Monica blew while Al-Queda grew.....Oh well, Clinton happens!)
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To: wagglebee
Well surprise surprise here!!

Anyone here remember them saying "we will have the most open & ethical Administration" at their beginning?

33 posted on 03/19/2007 8:32:43 PM PDT by prophetic
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To: wagglebee

Anyone visiting this liebrary should leave cigars laying all over the place.


34 posted on 03/19/2007 8:56:51 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: omnivore

It's the only piece of useless land that anyone was willing to sell....


35 posted on 03/20/2007 5:14:06 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: KarlInOhio
They will be crushed in her iron fist on January 20, 2009, and their entrails will be fed to the dogs.

And....

She'll fire 8 (or MORE!) federal prosecuting attorneys!

36 posted on 03/20/2007 5:17:05 AM PDT by Elsie
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To: upchuck
The pundits are right... it does look like a mobile home (trailer) on stilts. Ugly.

And to think, they had a Black Landmark Demolished for Clinton Library.

-PJ

37 posted on 03/22/2007 1:00:38 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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