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 ...
Ping, wonder what pictures and emails they have on this judge.
What has been the practie in the past?
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
That’s ok bammy, keep your secrets - for now. We’ll just assume the worst anyway. Probably true.
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.
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.
wow. the Obama regime has been burned by the info in those logs. I suspect they reveal much. Interesting
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
This part of this admin will be transparent in 12 years. He never said everything would be transparent right away.
/s
Something tells me this appeals court would have come down with a different decision had a Republican been in the White House.
That picture is an eye-opener for anyone under the delusion that we won the Cold War.
So one corrupt judge decides this? I think not!
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
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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.
And we can't even see the crib notes!
“White House visitor logs can be kept from public”
The White House itself is being kept from the public.
Guess this will have to go on up the ladder. What a shame.
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