Hey, Cheney: SUCK. ON. THIS.

THE WHITE HOUSE

 

                 Office of the Press Secretary

 

                                                                

 

For Immediate Release                           January 21, 2009

 

 

EXECUTIVE ORDER

 

- - - - - - -

 

PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS

 

 

     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish policies and procedures governing the assertion of executive privilege by incumbent and former Presidents in connection with the release of Presidential records by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pursuant to the Presidential Records Act of 1978, it is hereby ordered as follows:

 

     ... Executive Order 13233 of November 1, 2001, is revoked.

 

 

 

                             BARACK OBAMA

 

 

 

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    January 21, 2009.

Comments

[wishes]

oh my.

[Elspeth R]

*swoon* (in a good way)

siiiiiggghhhhh...smile...faint....

Elspeth

[queek]

I cannot wait to read the transcripts of Cheney's secret energy meetings that took place in the fall of 2001(?)!

He might have to have a heart attack and go lay on the beach with Kenny Boy!

[shpx.ohfu]

Yay for open govermnent!!!

[tellybelly]

If Darth is lying on a beach with Kenny Lay, I hope small, industrious children bury them in sand...

[moistenedbink]

Heh! Yup, I told everyone to stop bitching and wait until he was legally President and then the smack downs would start! Go Obama!

[zoe]

doaan believe my eyes.....accountability? transperancy? I thought those concepts were long gone....well well well.

[NOTeasy]

I think the phrase is Free at last or something like that ☺

[moeman]

I love Elspeth!

[karen marie]

my reaction?

HOLY SHIT!

even if nothing we would hope for comes of this, the momentary thrill of reading that press release will remain a fond memory.

[karen marie]

where did this come from?

i don't see anything at whitehouse.gov ...

i feel like i been punk'd!

[darkblack]

Say, that's purdy. I like this...What'd you say his name was again? Obama, that's it, I think.

;>)

[Queasy]

And I was still feeling good about the smackdown he gave during his inaugural speech.

I could get used this.

[karen marie]

thank you, darkblack!

[Old Zeb]

Relax Karen Marie, it's not a dream:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrderPresidentialRecords/

[wtf]

awesome awesome fucking goddamned awesome

gobama

[Capt. Bat Guano]

He also made some nice anti-lobbying rules today, you go man.

[karen marie]

i'm just not able to take anything as true without actually seeing the original document myself at this point.

hallelujah, i have seen it.

this coming on top of the Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies -- my mind is blown!

[pansypoo]

rush limbaugh shit a brick. you know, facts might come out. USABLE FACTS.

[Elspeth Ravenwind]

Y'all - isn't it GREAT to be using expletives with a happily incredulous smile on our faces???? :)

Wah fucking hoo! :) :) :) :) :) :)
Elspeth

[EvilDrPuma]

Bless our President's soul.

[Jeff Berkowitz]

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but if you look at the Wikipedia page on 13233 it appears that it might be a few years yet before any Bush administration records come out (do I read this correctly?) - Jeff

[Caveat]

I thought that kid had an honest face...I watched the conference over lobbying on CBC today and it was pretty cool.

Not bad for his first day at work!!!!!!!

[sukabi]

hot damn, the winds of change are blowing! LOL!

[darkblack]

Quite right, Jeff - the 12 year limit as mandated by 44 U.S.C. § 2201–2207 for between 5 to 12 years.

But 13233 wasn't enacted to protect Junior's records. It was for Reagan's...and Poppy's.

;>)

[hauksdottir]

Didn't junior hide his National Guard desertion and the drunk driving records in with his father's papers?

[Don]

If I'm reading it right, former Presidents can still invoke Executive Privilege to keep documents secret.

[kenga]

Thanks darkblack - I believe we're at a point that some of the shenanigans of the Iran-Contra era may be unearthed over the next couple years. Important in large part due to that whole sunlight=disinfectant thing, but also useful for further damaging the brand. And who among us wouldn't like to see Ollie perp-walk again?
And it would appear that the Executive Privilege claims that Don mentions are very unlikely to have the company of the Solicitor General on their side of the bench.
Heh.
Your ankles! Grab them you should.

[pansypoo]

man, this is an awesome U-turn.

[JimmyDean'sFuckedUpThirdCousinOnceRemovedClyde]

I just got a hard on.