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  • Obama ‘cavalier’ in hiding foreign aid order, judge rules

    12/18/2013 9:40:01 AM PST · by jazusamo · 7 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | December 18, 2013 | Cheryl K. Chumley
    A district court judge ruled that President Obama can’t lawfully keep hidden a foreign aid order he tried to shield via a claim of executive privilege, characterizing the move as a “cavalier” dodge of the Freedom of Information Act. The Justice Department had argued that a foreign-aid directive that Mr. Obama signed in 2010 should remain secret, because it was part of the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development and fell under the umbrella of executive privilege — despite its unclassified status, Politico reported. But U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Huvelle ruled in favor of plaintiffs — the Center for...