The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com’s request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present.
Obama blocks access to White House visitor list - White House- msnbc.com
The more things change …
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Jeeeezusss. making all of us who voted for him feel a little foolish.
(via chriscavs)If this whole thing ends up being more of the same we’re all going to lose faith once and for all.. I certainly couldn’t deliver that kind of energy (and money) again without something to show for it.
