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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The "truth"??? Oh, I get it. Why don't you folks just cut to the chase. Impeach Bush if you think he lied, abused power, and committed crimes. With subpoena power you can get access to what you want.
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ace...this is not about impeachment or subpoenas. It is about access to presidential documents after they leave office.
I agree with rb....you dont understand history or the value that uncensored presidential policy documents bring to a more complete understanding of a president's policy decisions and actions, and thus a more complete history of that president's term of office.
As the National Archivist noted in recent testimony, the 1978 PRA provided a "careful balance between the public's right to know, with its vast implications to historians and other academic interests and the rights of privacy and confidentiality of certain sensitive records generated by the President and his staff during the course of his White House activities."
Bush's EO was a blatant attempt to overturn a law enacted by Congress and signed by Carter 30 years ago, and subsequently accepted by Reagan, George HW Bush and Clinton as a reasonable way to ensure that balance.