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Away we go again to the memory hole. If you've read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four (and if you haven't, get thee to the library immediately), you know that the memory hole is where the "party" puts information it wants to dispose of. Then, the dutiful scribes in the Ministry of Truth, like protagonist Winston Smith, rewrite history, to conform to the party's new "reality."
Ol' Winston would have been a busy man in the Bush Administration. And we thought these methods walked out the door with Karl Rove. Wishful thinking. . .
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White House scrubs site in attempt to make office 'exempt'
The White House has scrubbed its Web site of evidence it has reversed its policies on allowing public access to information to which it is legally entitled. However, a source told RAW STORY that the scrub would have no legal implications.
Sometime over the weekend, White House computer technicians removed from government Web sites any references to the Office of Administration or its previous compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests.
Where visitors once just found information about how to file public records requests or view annual reports on the Office of Administration's FOIA compliance, the White House has appended the following admonition:
"The Office of Administration, whose sole function is to advise and assist the President, and which has no substantial independent authority, is not subject to FOIA and related authorities. However, these pages have been maintained due to the Presidential Records Act."
Read the rest (while you still can) at: RawStory.com
Away we go again to the memory hole. If you've read George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four (and if you haven't, get thee to the library immediately), you know that the memory hole is where the "party" puts information it wants to dispose of. Then, the dutiful scribes in the Ministry of Truth, like protagonist Winston Smith, rewrite history, to conform to the party's new "reality."
Ol' Winston would have been a busy man in the Bush Administration. And we thought these methods walked out the door with Karl Rove. Wishful thinking. . .
[Excerpt]
White House scrubs site in attempt to make office 'exempt'
The White House has scrubbed its Web site of evidence it has reversed its policies on allowing public access to information to which it is legally entitled. However, a source told RAW STORY that the scrub would have no legal implications.
Sometime over the weekend, White House computer technicians removed from government Web sites any references to the Office of Administration or its previous compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests.
Where visitors once just found information about how to file public records requests or view annual reports on the Office of Administration's FOIA compliance, the White House has appended the following admonition:
"The Office of Administration, whose sole function is to advise and assist the President, and which has no substantial independent authority, is not subject to FOIA and related authorities. However, these pages have been maintained due to the Presidential Records Act."
Read the rest (while you still can) at: RawStory.com
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