Posted on 06/16/2008 8:22:58 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Judge rules for White House in e-mail controversy
By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
A federal judge ruled Monday that a White House office that has records about millions of possibly missing e-mails does not have to make them public.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly says the Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, enabling the White House to maintain the secrecy of a lengthy internal paper trail about its problem-plagued e-mail system.
The decision came in a lawsuit filed against the administration by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a private group that has been trying to find out the extent of the White House's e-mail problems for more than a year.
The functions of the Office of Administrative "are strictly administrative," Kollar-Kotelly ruled.
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Keith Olbermann is going to be so p!ssed on tonight’s show about this. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly will make his “Worst Person In the World” for sure.
One set of laws for the White House, one set for Congress, one set for the Senate, one set for SCOTUS, one set for local and state legislators, and the largest and most restrictive for us.
I’m curious to see how the liberal MSM spins this tonight.
Bad decision. People lose, future administrations gain a place to hide documents.
DING DING DING!!!
We have a Winner!!
The FOIA request looks like it was meant to see if the White House is telling the truth. It wasn't for the emails themselves, but for information about what happened to the emails.
I am pretty sure that Melanie Sloan, the Exec Director of CREW was once an aide for Conyers. Overwhelming, they are in the business of exposing Republicans, not Dems.
I see no way that the court can overturn this decision. There are too many citations regarding the separation of powers in the Federalist Papers and Constituion.
Of course, the judges have to read and understand them first.
She was appointed by President Clinton on March, 1997.
Oh, that’s just icing on the cake, isn’t it?
When did these criteria become necessary for SCOTUS to do anything?
You are 100% correct.
agreed. I actually hope the Dim congress does something to address this before Bush leaves office so that the Obamination doesn’t have a place to hide its own emails.
Of course, Bush will veto it. We the people are kind of screwed.
and you trust the Justice Department of an Obama administration to actually investigate anything he does? I trust FOIA much more than the Justice Department these days.
“This is a good decision. There is a difference between shielding the WH from FOIA requests and Justice Department requests. The former is simply a fishing expedition hoping to find something to blow into an issue during an election season.”
Thank you. You Get It.
I believe in the Seperation of Powers in the Constitution, so it’s a win for all Americans.
Really?
So when there’s another Dem President, and his Administration refuses Republican demands for e-mails, you’ll be just fine with that, and publicly defend that action?
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