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La Maison Blanche peut garder ses secrets - pour maintenant
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Bush Admin. Peut maintenir des disques de visiteur privés tandis que la décision de cour d'appel pour ouvrir des dossiers
AP
Un juge fédéral a convenu vendredi a laissé le secret de subsistance d'administration de Bush les listes de visiteurs à la Maison Blanche jusqu'à ce qu'une cour d'appels décide si les documents sont les disques publics.
LES États-Unis Juge Royce C. de zone. Lamberth granted the White House request five days after ordering the Secret Service to turn over the records to a liberal watchdog group that sought them under the Freedom of Information Act.
The logs being sought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington relate to White House visits regarding nine conservative religious commentators, including James Dobson, Gary Bauer and the late Rev. Jerry Falwell.
Visitor records are created by the Secret Service, which is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Bush administration ordered the data be turned over to the White House, where it is treated as presidential records outside the scope of the public records law.
Lamberth ruled logs from the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s residence remain Secret Service documents and are subject to public records requests.
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