Dear Friend and Reader:
As much as we’veВ been copingВ with the secretiveness and willful disdain of the Constitution these last eight years, this isВ a time and place where, as Eric has mentioned, we need to keep a watchful eye, and an impassioned fervor to keep the current White House Administration accountable for their actions. This transition period is indeed a fragile time for our democracy.
Special thanks to Truthout for alerting us to this article from the Associated Press:
DEMOCRATS TO WHITE HOUSE: PRESERVE YOUR RECORDS
PAMELA HESS, Associated Press Writer
(11-13) 08:56 PST WASHINGTON (AP)Senate Democrats on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees last week told the White House to preserve all records produced by the Bush administration and expressed “particular concerns” whether Vice President Dick Cheney’s office will comply with the law.
“We believe it is vital the presidential and vice presidential documents belonging to the American people be preserved, including those related to key national security decisions in which the (office of the vice president) played an important role,” the senators wrote in the Nov. 7 letter to White House lawyer Fred Fielding. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press.