Sooooo, What Does He Have To Hide . . . . 0
Quite a lot, no doubt. Like those warning about Osama Bin Laden that he didn’t take seriously.
The law’s presumption of public access held firm for more than two decades, but in 2001 President Bush used post-Sept. 11 security measures as a reason to issue an executive order that turns the law on its head. Bush’s decree allows former presidents and their heirs to bar the release of documents for almost any reason. It flies in the face of congressional intent and forces our nation’s leading historians to take legal action if they want to gain access to documents.
