Playing politics with records requests - Politics - More politics - msnbc.com
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For at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive, according to nearly 1,000 pages of internal e-mails obtained by The Associated Press.
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After DHS found out the AP was investigating, they stopped the politicalization of FOIA requests.
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The Freedom of Information Act, the main tool forcing the government to be more open, is designed to be insulated from political considerations.
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Not in this administration. We surely remember obama saying that all federal workers should "act promptly and in a spirit of cooperation"? We surely remember Holder saying "Unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles have no place in the new era of open government."?
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But in July 2009, Homeland Security introduced a directive requiring a wide range of information to be vetted by political appointees for "awareness purposes," no matter who requested it.
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Janet should be fired, right now....unless.....the directive came from the TOP top, which would be obama, which wouldn't surprise me in the least.
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/2...d-on-politics/
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Even worse, Napolitano apparently kept Congress from getting information it needs to conduct oversight and provide a check and balance to DHS power based on the political affiliation of those asking for the data. That should be a firing offense, and it should include everyone in Napolitano’s star chamber as well as Napolitano herself.
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