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Open the First Lady files
LATimes ^ | August 29, 2007 | Oped

Posted on 09/03/2007 9:37:13 AM PDT by The Forgotten Man

Open the First Lady files template_bas template_bas Hillary Clinton should help the National Archives put release of her White House papers on a fast track. August 29, 2007 In asking a federal court to force the National Archives to release papers from Hillary Rodham Clinton's time as first lady, the public interest group Judicial Watch has opened itself to the charge that it's on a fishing expedition. Maybe so, but the group is fishing with a license -- the Freedom of Information Act. That law allows citizens to inspect public documents after deletions are made for privilege or national security. Judicial Watch, a conservative group that nevertheless tried to pry loose the records of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, says the National Archives has stymied its attempt to get hold of the former first lady's calendars, appointment logs and memos. A spokeswoman for the National Archives pleaded that, given limited personnel, the agency probably wouldn't be able to screen and release the papers until after next year's presidential election. You don't have to be a Hillary hater to find that unacceptable.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaignfinance; clinton2008; corruption; cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; foia; freedomofinformation; hillary; hillarycare; hillaryscandals; hillarysecrets; mrsbillclinton2008; nationalarchives; nationalsecurity; nothirdterm; octobersurprise; opensecrets; publicrecords

1 posted on 09/03/2007 9:37:15 AM PDT by The Forgotten Man
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To: The Forgotten Man

Oh God....Judicial Watch is PATHETICALLY INCOMPETENT!! It RUINS all it tries to do.


2 posted on 09/03/2007 9:40:04 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy
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To: The Forgotten Man

I thought it said “flies” not “files.”


3 posted on 09/03/2007 9:45:18 AM PDT by Mercat (belly rub and a biscuit. Name of a new rock band?)
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To: The Forgotten Man

Hmmmmm...is the LA Times trying to save itself?


4 posted on 09/03/2007 9:46:05 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: The Forgotten Man

Why is this in bloggers?


5 posted on 09/03/2007 9:48:58 AM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Suzy Quzy
Oh God....Judicial Watch is PATHETICALLY INCOMPETENT!! It RUINS all it tries to do.

Can you name me one other firm or outfit that has asked to see the Hillary files?

6 posted on 09/03/2007 12:16:59 PM PDT by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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To: The Forgotten Man
Money quote from the op-ed:
However the judge rules, the famously organized Clinton campaign should do what it can to help the National Archives comply with Judicial Watch's request. What better way to say that the first-lady-turned-presidential candidate has nothing to hide?
Absolutely precisely.

Too bad it's Judicial Watch. Not ready for prime time.

7 posted on 09/03/2007 12:20:16 PM PDT by upchuck (Today there are 10,000 more illegal aliens in yer country than there were yesterday. 10,000! THINK!)
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To: upchuck

For some one who is apparently clueless, what are the problems with Judicial Watch?


8 posted on 09/03/2007 12:31:49 PM PDT by kc8ukw
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To: The Forgotten Man

DFU, I’m getting the feeling that your efforts will pay off.
Yes, I’m an optimist but this is nice and there is no denying it.


9 posted on 09/03/2007 12:39:20 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Liberals are "American aliens." They were born IN America but they are not OF America.)
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To: Suzy Quzy

Makes you wonder if Judicial Watch’s real goal is to run interference for the Clintons. They don’t have a good success rate in the end.


10 posted on 09/03/2007 12:42:50 PM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: The Forgotten Man

The tactics of Mrs. Bill Clinton are not unlike those of Saddam Hussein. Both try to block access to documents/locations that they claim contain no damning evidence but you can’t look anyway.


11 posted on 09/03/2007 12:47:09 PM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: kc8ukw
Judicial Watch made lots of noise back during the Clinton administration. But AFAIK, that’s pretty much all it was, noise.

To my knowledge, they won few, if any, any of the law suits they filed. More importantly and again, to my knowledge, none of the corrupt government officials they went after were convicted or spent any jail time.

Bluster and noise. But toothless.

12 posted on 09/03/2007 1:58:36 PM PDT by upchuck (Today there are 10,000 more illegal aliens in yer country than there were yesterday. 10,000! THINK!)
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To: The Forgotten Man

Liberal Press Editorial Alert.


13 posted on 09/03/2007 2:03:56 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: The Forgotten Man

I volunteer some time to help them release these. I’m sure plenty of FReepers would be glad to help so this could happen before the election!


14 posted on 09/03/2007 5:53:01 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: The Forgotten Man
The archives points out, however, that many of the documents in question are on paper.

Come on, Administration...push for the funding necessary to get them up to date hardware and software to make this happen!

15 posted on 09/03/2007 5:54:59 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: The Forgotten Man

16 posted on 09/03/2007 6:17:41 PM PDT by kAcknor (Don't flatter yourself.... It is a gun in my pocket.)
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To: weegee

AMEN!!~ I think they DO run interference for the Clintons because they have SCREWED EVERYTHING they have touched!


17 posted on 09/04/2007 5:32:12 AM PDT by Suzy Quzy
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