Thread: PUB DISCUSSION Transparency in government
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:52 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Transparency and accountability in government is about ensuring that the abuses of the last eight years that severely limited and resricted the public's "right to know" (like no other time in my lifetime) do not continue in the future.

It it demanding a strong and enforceable Freedom of Information Act, including a process that holds future presidents accountable if agencies/departments within his administration refuse to comply.

It is demanding a law to require future presidents to provide a detailed justification to Congress (and the people) on all signing statements that alter the intent of laws enacted by Congress.

It is demanding a federal shield law that protects the media and sources within the government so that only justifiable national security issues are restricted and not issues of incompetence or malfeasance by a future president or agencies/departments within his administration.

It is demanding a law that if a future presidents classifies millions of documents with "national security" designations, he provide Congress with a detailed "national security" justification for those classifications.

It is demanding a process that will prevent future presidents from "mistakenly" destroying millions of White House e-mails.

It is having the federal judiciary issue a precedent setting ruling on executive privilege so that claims of executive privilege by future presidents cannot be used to subvert the legitimate Congressional oversight process.
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