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Appeals court says White House visitor logs can be kept from public
Washington Examiner ^ | 8/30/13 | MARK TAPSCOTT

Posted on 08/30/2013 4:25:29 PM PDT by Nachum

President Obama and his successors in the Oval Office are not obligated to make public the names of individuals visiting the White House, according to a decision of the federal Circuit Court for the District of Columbia made public Friday.

The case was brought by Judicial Watch, the government watchdog nonprofit that has been fighting a long legal battle seeking to force release of the White House visitor logs as public records under the Freedom of Information Act.

But in a decision that is drawing intense criticism from across the ideological spectrum, the circuit court said the president has a "constitutional perogative" not to tell the American people who he or his staff meets with in the White House.

The court said the president has such a prerogative because he is not covered by the FOIA and because of "special policy considerations" that allow exemption of visitor logs from classification as agency records subject to release under the public records law.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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KEYWORDS: appeals; court; coverup; garland; godemperoroftheusa; logs; merrickgarland; nwo; opacity; transparency; transparent; visitor
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To: penelopesire

Ping, wonder what pictures and emails they have on this judge.


21 posted on 08/30/2013 4:42:28 PM PDT by crosslink (Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
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To: Nachum

What has been the practie in the past?


22 posted on 08/30/2013 4:49:04 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Nachum
They'll change it back when President Cruz takes office.
23 posted on 08/30/2013 4:49:26 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Nachum

Second IRS employee pleads the 5th at Oversight hearing.
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/06/26/second-irs-employee-pleads-the-5th-at-oversight-hearing/

The Most Transparent Administration In Human History Sure Likes To Plead the Fifth.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/04/17/gop_the_most_transparent_administration_in_human_history_sure_likes_to_plead_the_fifth_huh

The compilation “I plead the 5th” video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RIlql4Cr0KE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNgDStJfzs


24 posted on 08/30/2013 4:55:44 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Nachum

That’s ok bammy, keep your secrets - for now. We’ll just assume the worst anyway. Probably true.


25 posted on 08/30/2013 4:57:13 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: unixfox

Obama says his is ‘most transparent administration’ ever

President Obama on Thursday hailed his administration for its transparency.

“This is the most transparent administration in history,” Obama said during a Google Plus “Fireside” Hangout.

“I can document that this is the case,” he continued. “Every visitor that comes into the White House is now part of the public record. Every law we pass and every rule we implement we put online for everyone to see.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/283335-obama-this-is-the-most-transparent-administration-in-history


26 posted on 08/30/2013 4:57:33 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Nachum
Translation: We, the people, are no longer in charge of the government, we are its servants. Do I have that right, "judge"?

Thanks for letting we, the people, know which "side" the judiciary is on (like we didn't know....). It's our own government against us now, but remember, they're the ones who put up the wall of separation between us.

27 posted on 08/30/2013 5:05:55 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Less than $2.3k to go!!

We can do this!!

28 posted on 08/30/2013 5:10:33 PM PDT by RedMDer (http://www.dontfundobamacare.com/)
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To: Nachum; MestaMachine; Rushmore Rocks; Oorang; sweetiepiezer; txnuke; La Lydia; aragorn; Velveeta; ..
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Article and # 21.

Thanks, Nachum. (See new tagline.)

29 posted on 08/30/2013 5:11:35 PM PDT by LucyT ("We have to bomb Syria to find out whatÂ’s in it." ... comment by Nachum.)
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To: Nachum

wow. the Obama regime has been burned by the info in those logs. I suspect they reveal much. Interesting


30 posted on 08/30/2013 5:21:31 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: austinaero

So why don’t we just say the most heinous beings on Earth have visited Obama’s little house and then leave it up to the administration to prove differently


31 posted on 08/30/2013 5:23:52 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: Nachum

This part of this admin will be transparent in 12 years. He never said everything would be transparent right away.

/s


32 posted on 08/30/2013 5:23:59 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Nachum

Something tells me this appeals court would have come down with a different decision had a Republican been in the White House.


33 posted on 08/30/2013 5:25:50 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: Liberty Valance

That picture is an eye-opener for anyone under the delusion that we won the Cold War.


34 posted on 08/30/2013 5:27:11 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: LucyT

So one corrupt judge decides this? I think not!


35 posted on 08/30/2013 5:27:30 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: Nachum; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ...

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don’t add you to the list...

36 posted on 08/30/2013 5:31:59 PM PDT by null and void (Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Rodeo Clown Diplomacy.)
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To: crosslink

No telling! A sad state of affairs in this country when we cannot trust anyone in government or media because the whole lot of them are either liars or compromised. That is what corruption and abuse of power does to a country.


37 posted on 08/30/2013 5:32:50 PM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: Kozak
So much for it being “ The People’s House”.
It’s Baracks Crib now.

And we can't even see the crib notes!

38 posted on 08/30/2013 5:35:54 PM PDT by null and void (Bush: Cowboy Diplomacy. Obama: Rodeo Clown Diplomacy.)
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To: Nachum

“White House visitor logs can be kept from public”

The White House itself is being kept from the public.


39 posted on 08/30/2013 5:36:19 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Nachum

Guess this will have to go on up the ladder. What a shame.


40 posted on 08/30/2013 5:40:37 PM PDT by upchuck (The nobama regime: a string of omnishambles that stretches, seemingly, to infinity.)
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