Today, a federal judge invalidated part of a 2001 order by President Bush allowing former presidents to review executive documents before they can be released under open records laws.”
The AP reports
Source: Think Progress
Related Article: Executive Order 13233
Veiled Presidential records
Executive Order 13233 limits access to the records of former U.S. Presidents:
"...reflecting military, diplomatic, or national security secrets, Presidential communications, legal advice, legal work, or the deliberative processes of the President and the President's advisers, and to do so in a manner consistent with the Supreme Court's decisions in Nixon v. Administrator of General Services, 433 U.S. 425 (1977), and other cases..."
Oct 3, 2007
Judge rules Bush can’t block presidential records.
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