Holy Cow! When I posted this 3 days ago, I had no idea that lurking in the Graham-Lieberman amendment, supported by Obama, was an attempt to gut FOIA, the Freedom of Information Act. Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, Chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee, vehemently opposed the amendment in an interview with Glenn Greenwald yesterday. Next to Social Security and Medicare, FOIA signed into law by LBJ in 1962 represents one of the most important pieces of legislation Democrats have ever passed. Without FOIA, Obama's promise of transparency in government? Not so much.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/06/10/foia/index.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > "According to sources on the Hill, the Lieberman-Graham detainee photo > suppression amendment is out of the conference report of the supplemental. > > For everyone who made phone calls -- pat yourself on the back. > > Let us all now sit back and enjoy the spectacle of Joe Lieberman throwing a > tantrum. > > If you decided you wanted to celebrate by donating to the Marcy Wheeler fund, > -- well, I could think of worse things." > > > [Good job Jane and Marcy. Now let's see if and when Obama actually releases > the torture photos. I sure hope we don't hear more foot dragging excuses.] > > raunchydog > > Source: > Lieberman-Graham Dropped From Supplemental > By: Jane Hamsher Monday June 8, 2009 4:08 pm > http://firedoglake.com/2009/06/08/breaking-lieberman-graham-dropped-from-supplemental/ >
