The most transparent administration in history? White House office to delete its FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) regulations

Submitted by IWB, on March 17th, 2015 

White House office to delete its FOIA regulations as watchdogs question the timing, lack of transparency. http://t.co/1bod6pxSun
— Ray Locker (@rlocker12) March 16, 2015

 

White House office to delete its FOIA aka 'Freedom of Information Act' regulations http://t.co/Chqrkt4yPM pic.twitter.com/ivuQs7e0Qe
— Alysia Stern (@AlysiaStern) March 17, 2015

WASHINGTON — The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.

The White House said the cleanup of FOIA regulations is consistent with court rulings that hold that the office is not subject to the transparency law. The office handles, among other things, White House record-keeping duties like the archiving of e-mails.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/16/white-house-foia-regulations-deleted/24844253/
The Lies End Now: “Most Transparent Administration Ever” Is No More: White House To Delete Its FOIA Regulations
Back on October 28, 2009, then White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the following:

… understanding what this President has done is institute the very toughest ethics and transparency rules of any administration in history…  I think the President has returned to a stance of transparency and ethics that hasn’t been matched by any other White House.

… the President believes strongly in transparency… that transparency in that way in the best policy

… understand that what the President campaigned on – toughening our ethics rules, making more transparent our transparency policy – was something that he was passionate about and is proud of the progress that we’ve made in ensuring that.

And here is the president himself: “We have put in place the toughest ethics and transparency laws of any administration in history.”

Lies, lies, and nothing but lies. The lies end now.



As reported moments ago, the White House is voiding a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA  (incidentally the same act that discovered none of Hillary Clinton’s “personal” government-business emails since they were not even stored on government property!) which as USA Today explains, makes “official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.”
And just like that the lie of Obama’s transparency is over, and it couldn’t come at a worse time for the democratic party, just as its top contender for the 2016 presidential race is struggling to emerge from a cover-up scandal which reeks of intentional hiding of classified documentation from the public (or worse). Going forward it will no longer be Hillary Clinton who will be mocked and ridiculed for her total impunity when it comes to public accountability and transparency, but the “most untransparent” president as well.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-16/lies-end-now-most-transparent-administration-ever-no-more-white-house-delete-its-foi

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