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**BlackBird** · 05-02-2007, 01:47 AM

The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public.

The Bush administration didn't reveal the existence of the memorandum of understanding until last fall. The White House is using it to deal with a legal problem on a separate front, a ruling by a federal judge ordering the production of Secret Service logs identifying visitors to the office of Vice President Dick Cheney.

In a federal appeals court filing three weeks ago, the administration's lawyers used the memo in a legal argument aimed at overturning the judge's ruling. The Washington Post is suing for access to the Secret Service logs. http://rawstory.com/showarticle.php?...2F16392915.htm

Okay, let's hear you guys rationalize this. Let's hear it from the apologists. What would it be this time? National security interests? Vital war information needs to be kept secret? I don't know.. hit me with something new. I look forward to the excuses.

05-02-2007, 01:47 AM	#1
BlackBird Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	White House visitor records closed The White House and the Secret Service quietly signed an agreement last spring in the midst of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal declaring that records identifying visitors to the White House are not open to the public. The Bush administration didn't reveal the existence of the memorandum of understanding until last fall. The White House is using it to deal with a legal problem on a separate front, a ruling by a federal judge ordering the production of Secret Service logs identifying visitors to the office of Vice President Dick Cheney. In a federal appeals court filing three weeks ago, the administration's lawyers used the memo in a legal argument aimed at overturning the judge's ruling. The Washington Post is suing for access to the Secret Service logs. http://rawstory.com/showarticle.php?...2F16392915.htm Okay, let's hear you guys rationalize this. Let's hear it from the apologists. What would it be this time? National security interests? Vital war information needs to be kept secret? I don't know.. hit me with something new. I look forward to the excuses.
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