WP: Clinton Papers Release To Be Bush's Decision

[kskiska]

LITTLE ROCK -- Former president Bill Clinton will have to ask President Bush for permission to release thousands of domestic-policy records from his two terms in the White House, officials at Clinton's presidential library said Friday.

Clinton has said he wants to make 100,000 documents available to scholars and researchers on Nov. 18, the day his presidential library opens and nearly a year sooner than required.

But officials at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock said the release of White House records will be governed by a law that requires President Bush to approve any early disclosures.

"In the weeks after Nov. 18, we're going to make every effort to open as much as we can. But people need to realize that what we open doesn't have to do with what we want to do; our hands are bound by the provisions of the Presidential Records Act," library Director David Alsobrook said.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32037-2004Sep18.html

[w4rma]

1. Bush has twisted that law to *hide* records from the public, now. (nt)

[aquart]

2. Excuse me?

This vanity project has to go. Really, he does.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

3. Kitty Kelley mentioned this law in her "Hardball" interview

I posted this thread earlier with a link to the video clip. She basically says "all of the things Bush claims are true or untrue could be cleared up immediately if he would just release his records."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=837025&mesg_id=837025

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=835754