Transparency: Obama Giveth Promises, Obama Taketh Away

Transparency, one of Obama’s cornerstone of his “Change” platform during the election. A direct excerpt from Obama’s whitehouse.gov post on his promises:

Transparency — President Obama has committed to making his administration the most open and transparent in history, and WhiteHouse.gov will play a major role in delivering on that promise. The President’s executive orders and proclamations will be published for everyone to review, and that’s just the beginning of our efforts to provide a window for all Americans into the business of the government.

Transparency, obviously not what you think it is when it comes to providing Americans with details on things like who comes to the White House. Mind you this doesn’t indicate who met with the president, just that they entered the White House.

The Obama administration is declining to release documents that would identify visitors to the White House, embracing a legal position taken by the Bush administration, according to a watchdog group that filed a federal lawsuit over access to the records.

The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, filed its lawsuit after being denied access to Secret Service records, including White House entry and exit logs, that would identify coal and energy industry visitors.

Thankfully Press Secretary Gibbs is here to explain that “change” means “change” only when it doesn’t mean “changing” what past administrations have done:

Gibbs said the goal is “to uphold the principle of open government” and increased transparency that Obama campaigned on. But he also said that the issue of upholding precedent from previous presidents is a consideration.

Ahh, I see. “Change,” “Transparency,” these are merely words. Don’t put too much faith in them, or Obama for that matter.

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