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FAS Note: The following statement was issued by the Lieberman for President 2004 campaign. Needless to say, it is not specifically endorsed by FAS and is presented here for informational purposes only.

The Bush Wall Of Secrecy

(January 9, 2004)

Rivaling the Nixon administration, George W. Bush has pursued an arrogant policy of denying the American people access to important information about their government.

"For the past three years, the Bush administration has quietly but efficiently dropped a shroud of secrecy across many critical operations of the federal government--cloaking its own affairs from scrutiny and removing from the public domain important information on health, safety, and environmental matters. The result has been a reversal of a decades-long trend of openness in government while making increasing amounts of information unavailable to the taxpayers who pay for its collection and analysis."
- U.S. News & World Report, December 22, 2003

BUSH PLACED NEW RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

BUSH TERMINATED OR ALTERED GOVERNMENT REPORTS NOT FAVORABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATION


BUSH LIMITED ACCESS TO CONSUMER AND PUBLIC SAFETY INFORMATION


BUSH AND CHENEY FOUGHT EFFORTS TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS FROM THEIR ENERGY TASK FORCE


BUSH OPPOSED EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND THE REBUILDING EFFORTS IN IRAQ


WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S PENCHANT FOR SECRECY


Source: Joe Lieberman for President 2004