Tuesday, June 17, 2008

White House Emails Ruled Off Limits

This is a bad decision. 

WASHINGTON (CNN)—The White House Office of Administration is not required to turn over records about a trove of possibly missing e-mails, a federal judge ruled Monday.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly found the agency does not have “substantial independent authority” so it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

The decision means the White House does not have to disclose documents relating to its troubled e-mail system. That system developed problems that may have caused millions of White House e-mails to be unaccounted for.

Unless it’s a matter of national security, no part of our government should be off limits to public scrutiny.

Hat tip FOIFYI via Open Records.

(1) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2013 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - General + Technology

  1. Unless it’s a matter of national security, no part of our government should be off limits to public scrutiny

    Yah, well, good luck with that.  SCOWI will be hearing a case on that issue in the near future with the Milwaukee JS as one of the litigants.

    All they want is names and addresses of State employees.

    Posted by dad29 on June 18, 2008 at 0747 hrs


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