Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Bush ignores laws at his pleasure...what else is new?

From Reuters via truthout.org :

Court Reverses Bush on Archive Secrecy

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100207M.shtml

JoAnne Allen, of Reuters, writes: "a federal judge on Monday tossed out part of a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep some of their presidential papers secret indefinitely. US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the U.S. Archivist's reliance on the executive order to delay release of the papers of former presidents is 'arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion and not in accordance with law.'"

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