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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
into perpetuity.
He signed an executive order saying that he and his heirs can assert privilege and prevent papers from being made public.
Background: Nixon tried to have his papers destroyed, but the ruling was that they belonged to the public. Later rules were made so that there was a 12 year embargo, with exceptions for national security and privacy.
Now there is no 12 year limit. The limit goes into perpetuity.
There are ongoing lawsuits.
I think this is just another example of how Bush is one of the worst presidents of all-time. It's hard to think of someone that has damaged our nation more.
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The administration has lived under a shroud of secrecy. One of Bush's first acts was to revise the Freedom of Information Act regulations for the White House, limiting information that would be made public to just that information that they were absolutely required by law to divulge.