For a candidate who ran on a promise to have the most transparent administration ever, Barack Obama is unusually fond of opacity.
On Monday, USA Today reported:
The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office.
With almost unbelievable irony, the president’s lengthening of the shadow of secrecy over the Office of Administration happened on National Freedom of Information Day, a day set aside by activists to call for greater transparency in government.