September 17, 2004
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The Bush Administration "has repeatedly rewritten laws and changed
practices to reduce public and congressional scrutiny of its
activities," said Rep. Henry Waxman, announcing the release of a major
new congressional report on Bush Administration secrecy policy.
"The cumulative effect is an unprecedented assault on the laws that
make our government open and accountable," he said.
The new report, issued by the House Government Reform Committee
minority, provides an exhaustive critique of executive branch secrecy,
from various well-known issues such as the secrecy surrounding the
Vice President's Energy Task Force to numerous less-known measures to
block congressional access to agency records.
The full text of the September 14 investigative report on "Secrecy in
the Bush Administration" is posted here:
Committee
on Government Reform
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