Hillary's Library Lockdown

Hillary Attacks & Calls For Transparency In Government,
But Her White House Documents Remain In Lockdown Until After '08 RaceHillary has attacked & called for more "Transparency" & Openness in Government:
- "Clinton ... cited a need for more transparency in government." (Paige Hewitt, "Hillary Hits Town With Pocketful Of Promises," Houston Chronicle, 8/12/07)
- Hillary criticized the Bush administration for withholding information and resisting "legitimate requests for information." Hillary: " . . . that a tendency of this administration . . . is to withhold information, to resist legitimate requests for information. . ." (Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Press Conference, Washington, DC, 2/14/06)

But over 2 million pages of her White House documents won't be released until after the 2008 election: - "To tourists, it's a place to ogle the 42nd president's golf clubs . . . But to the dozens of reporters, historians . . . who have filed requests for documents from the library's archive, it is Little Rock's Fort Knox." (Glenn Thrush, " Clinton Archive A Tough Request," [New York] Newsday, 3/19/07)
- "[N]early 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring . . . her record as First Lady." (Peter Nicholas, "Clinton's First Lady Records Locked Up," Los Angeles Times, 8/14/07)
- "Clinton's calendars, appointment logs and memos are stored . . . in the custody of Federal archivists who do not expect them to be released until after the 2008 presidential election." (Peter Nicholas . . .)

It could be "years" before Hillary's records are made available to the public.
- "Asked how long it might be before Hillary Clinton's records are released, the library's chief archivist said it could take years." (Peter Nicholas . . . )
- Legal watch group, Judicial Watch, even sued for ". . . access to Senator Clinton's calendars, phone logs, and office diary during her time as first lady." (Josh Gerstein . . . )
- Judicial Watch . . filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the calendars in April 2006. 'We've been more than patient,' . . . 'There's got to be a way to break this logjam. Hopefully, this lawsuit is it.'" (Josh Gerstein, . . . )
- Jeff Gerth, Clinton biographer and former New York Times reporter: "I haven't received any documents or even a note indicating that they're searching the records." (Glenn Thrush, "Clinton Archive A Tough Request," [New York] Newsday, 3/19/07)

Expert says - Thomas Blanton, Director, George Washington Univ. National Security Archive: "There's no reason why a load of a few hundred FOIA requests should absorb 11 full-time people perpetually." (Peter Nicholas . . .) [Source]

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