Wednesday, March 19, 2014
US cites security more to censor, deny records - AP
Why would anyone have believed the "Most transparent" claim anyway?...
From the Associated Press article by Ted Bridis and Jack Gillum:
"And five years after Obama directed agencies to less frequently invoke a 'deliberative process' exception to withhold materials describing decision-making behind the scenes, the government did it anyway, a record 81,752 times.
'I'm concerned the growing trend toward relying upon FOIA exemptions to withhold large swaths of government information is hindering the public's right to know," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 'It becomes too much of a temptation. If you screw up in government, just mark it `top secret.''"
