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Decoder: What Docs Can the White House Put in the Shredder?

With the Bush administration’s well-earned reputation for secrecy, Democrats are concerned that the administration will rev up the paper-shredder as its White House days draw to a close. After all, Cheney has said that he is not part of the executive branch, raising eyebrows and questions about whether his office is covered by records laws.

The White House insists, somewhat obliquely, that it will abide by the law.

But just what are the rules governing what documents need to be saved?

Watergate-Inspired Law

The requirement that … more…

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Transparency Groups Push Obama on Agenda

Freedom of information advocates have a lengthy to-do list for President-elect Barack Obama and Congress.

A report (PDF) from a coalition … more…

Update: Second Batch of NSA Docs Here Now

We've been writing today about the Memory Hole's post of 400 National Security Agency forms on their site.

With Memory Hole's … more…

Update: One Batch of NSA Docs Now Here

We wrote earlier today about the huge slab of National Security Agency documents that the Memory Hole posted on their site a couple days … more…

National Security Agency Internal Forms Published

The National Security Agency has handed hundreds of its internal forms to the Memory Hole, a Web site that has previously grabbed … more…

Physicist Sues Feds Over Questionable Lost Security Clearance

A few weeks ago, we began tracking the case of Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist working for a Department of Energy … more…

Surveillance Bill Compromise Likely to Deliver Immunity for Telecoms

After a year of acrimonious debate, Democrats and Republicans have agreed on a compromise bill to overhaul the Foreign Intelligence … more…

Update on DOE’s Curious Security Clearance Case

Yesterday we wrote about the case of Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist who lost his job with a Department of Energy contractor after … more…

Nuclear Physicist Loses Security Clearance, Denied Hearing

A few months ago, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette detailed the story of Moniem El-Ganayni, a naturalized citizen and nuclear physicist who … more…