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]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-65903 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-65903 <p>Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.</p> Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-62244 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-62244 <p>Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.</p> Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/01/30/and-the-press-want-their-transparency-too/comment-page-1/#comment-57804 Andrew Grossman Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:09:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=16161#comment-57804 <p>Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.<br><br>More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alINrCmj3dgU" rel="nofollow"> more recent article</a>, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests--and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.</p> Steps away from transparency? Yes and no. The Politico story is, as you note, all too common and not, at this point, indicative of much.

More troubling though has been the Administration's rebuffing of efforts to gain access to important documentation about bailout and government loan guarantees. That is the subject of the Bloomberg suit. You link to a story on the suit's filing, back in November, but there's a more recent article, out yesterday, that details how the new Administration is still stonewalling on these requests–and in some cases, being far more duplicitous about it than the Bush Administration. That, to my mind, is a big problem.

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