It is also no surprise that president Bush seeks to cover up for previous presidents. What is shocking to me is that in the order by Bush both the current president and the previous president who produced the document will have the legal right to alter the document before the historians get to see it. Isn't that a bit sick? We're not merely talking about delaying the release of documents, we're talking about altering them to mislead the historians. We're talking about falsification and cover-up. They are going to give us a sanitized history. I'm sure the Republican cheerleaders will like that.
Congratulations go to the Democrats for passing the Freedom of Information Act 30 years ago. I hope there are enough honest Democrats and honest Republicans in Congress to over-ride this bad order by King George.
One of the purposes for a free people making laws that force government documents to be made public is to discourage executive branch officials from misbehaving. If Bush' order stands, then there will apparently never be a time when independent historians will be allowed to look at these documents.
Is Bush covering up for Clinton's corruption or for his father's abuses of power? Is this also part of the War On Terrorism that documents made by either Bush or Clinton while president will be altered before they are released to the historians?