More BushCo Shenanigans....

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Potomac Watch: Bush's motive in shifting archivists is questioned

By STEWART M. POWELL
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's unexpected decision to replace the chief of the National Archives has sparked concern among some scholars that the switch will delay release of documents from the first Bush administration that might embarrass officials serving in the second Bush administration.

Bush has nominated historian Allen Weinstein to replace former Kansas Gov. John Carlin as head of the archives nine months before the scheduled release of "confidential communications" between the president's father and his advisers.

Dozens of current officials who served in first Bush administration are likely to be mentioned in the documents, including:


Vice President Dick Cheney, then secretary of defense.


Secretary of State Colin Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, then Soviet affairs director at the National Security Council.


Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, then undersecretary of defense for policy.


Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, then a presidential envoy to the Philippines and the Middle East after serving as assistant defense secretary for international security affairs.

More.... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/170435_pot24.html

[74dodgedart]

1. I think there is a lot more to this story...

By law, Reagan documents are supposed to be declassified and * blocked this through executive order.

I believe this is all politically motivated.