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Offline formerlurker

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White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« on: August 17, 2011, 05:17:04 PM »
Judge: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA

Boston Herald/AP
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge is ruling against the Secret Service, saying records of visitors to the White House are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests.

The Secret Service had argued that the visitors’ logs were presidential records exempt from public disclosure. But U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell on Wednesday disagreed.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/20110817judge_white_house_visitor_logs_subject_to_foia/srvc=home&position=recent
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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 11:58:11 PM »
From this, I will guess that the WH visitor's log is more formal than what I sign at some roadside museum?  Or church while on vacation?

Even then, I can't imagine what the problem would be. 
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Offline sybilll

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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2011, 12:09:50 AM »
The lobbyists and those not wanting to be subject to the FOIA simply meet across the street at the coffee house:  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50081.html

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Offline Lacarnut

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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2011, 12:33:51 AM »
King Obama will just ignore this ruling.
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Offline formerlurker

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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2011, 05:09:45 AM »
Quote from: sybilll on August 18, 2011, 12:09:50 AM
The lobbyists and those not wanting to be subject to the FOIA simply meet across the street at the coffee house:  http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50081.html

Transparency!  Win The Future!


This is the bigger story.  Nice find.
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Offline thundley4

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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2011, 10:42:27 AM »
Quote from: formerlurker on August 18, 2011, 05:09:45 AM
This is the bigger story.  Nice find.


That has been known for some time, but the MSM doesn't care.
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Offline JLO

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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2011, 01:30:46 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on August 18, 2011, 10:42:27 AM

That has been known for some time, but the MSM doesn't care.

Indeed.  This has been on ignore status.
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Re: White House visitor logs subject to FOIA
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2011, 06:24:01 AM »
Obama doesn't want you to know how many times that other Bill Ayers has been to the Whitehouse.
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