9/11 Panel Continues to Confront Obstacles
Chairman Warns That Inquiry Might Have to Be Limited Bush Plays Bait-and-Switch With 9/11 Panel
Category «Freedom of Information»
Leading Scientists Issue Report on Gov’t Control of Scientific Data
From the February 18 press release issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists: “Today, more than 60 leading scientistsincluding Nobel laureates, leading medical experts, former federal agency directors and university chairs and presidentsissued a statement calling for regulatory and legislative action to restore scientific integrity to federal policymaking. According to the scientists, the Bush administration …
Bush and Clinton Will Meet in Private With 9/11 Commission Members
As reported on February 12, the 9/11 Commission sought public testimony from President Bush and former President Clinton. However, the President has stipulated that only a private meeting with selected Commission members will be acceptable.
DHS Announces Program That Exempts Private Sector From Sharing Infrastructure Info With Public
Press release: DHS Launches Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Program to Enhance Homeland Security, Facilitate Information Sharing: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the launch of the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) Program. The PCII Program enables the private sector to voluntarily submit infrastructure information to the Federal government to assist the Nation in …
Financial Records of Cmte. Investigating U.S. Intelligence to Remain Secret
As a follow-up to my posting of February 6, President Announces Members of WMD Commission, from Sunday’s New York Times, Intelligence Commission’s Finances Will Stay Private. See also Executive Order on WMDs
9/11 Panel to Request Testimony From Bush, Clinton and Their VPs
AP reported this afternoon that the Chair of the 9/11 Commission, former governor of New Jersey Thomas H. Kean plans to request that President Bush, former President Clinton, Vice President Cheney and former Vice President Gore provide public testimony concerning their knowledge of intelligence data warning about the 9/11 attacks. Kean acknowledged that such testimony …
Upcoming Release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s Papers
The Memory Hole published Highlights from the (362 page) Finding Aid for the papers (comprising over half a million items) of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, scheduled for release to the public March 4 by the Library of Congress. From the Library of Congress press release dated May 13, 1997: “Plans for the transfer and …
Minnesota Supreme Court Cmte. Report on Public Access to Records
From this release: “The Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch will hold a hearing for public comment on its proposed changes to the rules on Thursday, February 12.” Preliminary Recommendations of the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Public Access to Records …
Selected Docs. Posted From Collection Provided by Paul O’Neill
Ron Suskind, has posted 175 pages of source documents cited in The Price of Loyalty, his recent book on the Bush administration. The documents were provided to him by former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill. A February 7 Washington Post article stated in reference to the controversy concerning O’Neill’s receipt of these documents, “The department said …
President Announces Members of WMD Commission
President Bush Announces Formation of Independent Commission “Today, by executive order, I am creating an independent commission, chaired by Governor and former Senator Chuck Robb, Judge Laurence Silberman, to look at American intelligence capabilities, especially our intelligence about weapons of mass destruction…I’m also naming, today, Senator John McCain; Lloyd Cutler, former White House Counsel to …
TSA Sought Censorship of Files from Commercial Database
The link to this article from CQ’s Homeland Security subscriber publication, titled TSA Asks Media to Expunge Public Testimony on Airport Security Problems comes via Secrecy News. It states that TSA requested the removal of two pages of unclassified hearing testimony, presented last November, from the online archives of Federal Document Clearing House (FDCH), a …
Links to NLRB FOIA Manual
From Michael Ravnitzky, “a link to the substantive portion of the NLRB FOIA Manual, the link to the procedural portion of the NLRB FOIA Manual, and the link to the procedural appendix to the NLRB FOIA Manual.” From the MemoryHole.org, this link to the Uncensored Version of National Labor Relations Board “10(j) Manual”
