A longtime internal policy that allowed Justice Department officials to deny the existence of sensitive information could become the law of the land — in effect a license to lie — if a newly proposed rule becomes federal regulation in the coming weeks.
The proposed rule directs federal law enforcement agencies, after personnel have determined that documents are too delicate to be released, to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests “as if the excluded records did not exist.”
Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, says the move appears to be in direct conflict with the administration’s promise to be more open.
“Despite all the talk of transparency, I can’t think of what’s less transparent than saying a document does not exist, when in fact, it does,” Sekulow told Fox News.
Justice Department officials say the practice has been in effect for decades, dating back to a 1987 memo from then-Attorney General Edwin Meese.
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Yes and they are just following their leader that has blocked all the documents of his past that would prove he has been a liar his whole life. This will not matter, because some day someone will release it all and he will be seen as I presumed. A LIAR.
There is no problem, since every word he speaks is a lie. Now they want to make lying legal. I guess if we are testifying in court we no longer have to swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help me Barry. Perjury has been wiped from the books, along with any mention of God our creator. What the hell is happening to this great country since the radicals were voted into power.? Its time for a change in 2012.
So the law would now reflect the policy that has actually been in effect since RONALD REAGAN instituted it? Gee, what a humongous change.
Did we really expect the Justice Department to decide anything else? To quote the statement by the Justice Department officials, "They say the practice has been in effect for decades, dating back to a 1987 memo from then-Attorney General Edwin Meese". So, what does our Constitution say? We as the taxpayers and American Citizens of these United States and We the People have the right under our Constitution to know what is the Truth is. No one is above the Law, not even the White House, just as President Nixon or President Clinton. Wakeup!
Talk about complicit; one covering the ass of the other! They are in it together, the White House and the Justice Department. they have even drawn the picture for us. It is time for our Lawmakers to do their duty for which they were elected and do their Job; to bring the Truth to the American People, and let us decide as what to do about it.
The Rothschilds Want This.
You know, you keep hoping that the worst may be coming to an end and then this crap comes out. Let's face it, these SOBs are all LIARS FROM THE GET GO. THAT IS ALL THEY KNOW HOW TO DO, LIE, LIE, AND LIE SOME MORE! I AM SICK OF IT!