White House visitor logs are public documents, judge rules, rejecting Bush secrecy move | Seattle Times Newspaper
By MATT APUZZO The Associated Press . WASHINGTON — White House visitor logs are public documents, a federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting a legal strategy that the Bush administration had hoped would get around public records laws. The ruling is a blow to the Bush administration, which is fighting the release of records showing visits by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and prominent religious conservatives. The records are created by the Secret Service, which is subject to the Freedom of Information Act. But the Bush administration has ordered the data turned over to the White House, where they are treated as presidential records outside the scope of the public records law. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth said logs from the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's residence are subject to public records request. Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company Inserted from <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2004078355_webwhitehouse17.html>
White House visitor logs are public documents, judge rules, rejecting Bush secrecy move
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