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FBI releases some files on President Bush to blogger after Freedom of Information request

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 20 pages of files on President George W. Bush to an activist blogger who sought the president’s records under a Freedom of Information Act Request last summer, RAW STORY has learned.

The release, which comprises two threats made against the President in 2001 and 2003, is scant. It includes letters from the U.S. Secret Service to the FBI forensic laboratory to request DNA analyses and the lab’s replies. There is no information about the president’s background.

Michael Petrelis, who keeps a blog and is a longtime gay activist, obtained the file last week and believes the FBI has withheld much of their records on the president. Those who deal regularly with such requests tell RAW STORY most of the president’s file is protected under the information law.

The records’ release, however scant, may mark a new landmark in blogger journalism. Petrelis says his frustration with the mainstream media’s lack of attention to the president’s record led him to make the request himself. Thousands of pages relating to Sen. John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War were released as organizations are not given the same privacy rights as individuals under the law.

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