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catman
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 Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:12 pm Post subject: Cheney must preserve records, US judge rules |
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/09/20/cheney-records.html
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A U.S. federal judge on Saturday ordered Vice-President Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of records from his time in office.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration, which has been pushing for a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under the Presidential Records Act.
A private group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, is suing Cheney and the Executive Office of the President in an effort to ensure that no presidential records are destroyed or handled in a way that makes them unavailable to the public.
The judge said the administration's legal position "heightens the court's concern" that some records may not be preserved.
In a 22-page opinion, Kollar-Kotelly revealed that in recent days lawyers for the administration balked at a proposed agreement between the two sides on how to proceed with the case.
She said the administration wanted any court order on what records are at issue in the case to cover only the office of the vice-president, not Cheney himself or the other defendants in the lawsuit: the Executive Office of the President and the National Archives.
The lawsuit stems from Cheney's assertion, first made in 2003, that his office is not an entity within the executive branch of government.
The suit alleges that the administration's actions over the past 7� years raise questions over whether the White House will turn over records created by Cheney and his staff to the National Archives when the newly elected administration takes over in January.
The U.S. presidential election is scheduled to take place Nov. 4.
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Justice won't happen. Nixon was pardoned by Ford, and he was caught red-handed. And it's no surprise that Rumsfeld and Cheney were in these administrations. Old hats at cover-ups. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Good ruling. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| What is there to "cover up"? |
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PBRstreetgang21
Joined: 19 Feb 2007
Location: Orlando, FL--- serving as man's paean to medocrity since 1971!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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What's there to hide?
These guys work for us, and we have a right to know whats going on and what has been going on. That paper is paper the taxpayers paid for and the actions they took were paid for by the taxpayer. Therefore we have a right to know.
For instance, Id like to know more about the lead up to the War in Iraq, or the black-ops we've been running in Iran as reported by Seymour Hersch of the New Yorker. Id want to know who exactly WAS at the secret meeting Dick Cheney had as the beginning of the Bush Administration to craft the energy policy. The Leak of of Valerie Plame is another curious matter.
This has been the most secretive White House in American history. If they wont let us in on what it going on WHILE they are screwing us, the least they could do is let us know how they did it after the fact so we can make sure it doesnt happen again. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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This is an easy one for Cheney.
Just as he claimed he is not part of the execituve branch, now all he has to do is claim he is not subject to the judicial branch either.
I wouldn't put it past him. |
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