Tim Russert, why didn't you ask Bush about this?

[RBHam]

What are they so determined to keep in the dark?

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6-9-2001 New York Times

Bush delays release of Reagan's presidential records. Most of the members of the Bush administration have a long history in Republican politics. Donald Rumsfeld is enjoying his second term as secretary of defense. Vice President Cheney was President Ford's chief of staff. Is it so surprising, then, that Bush would delay the release--mandated by a post-Watergate reform law--of President Reagan's records? Who knows what current administration player will be embarrassed by the documents, which contain advice given to the former president by close advisers? When it's a choice between bringing the truth to light or protecting his cronies (not to mention his father), you can be sure on which side you'll find our president standing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/09/politics/09ARCH.html?ex=1076216400&en=1228ea1c530d1a5e&ei=5070


9-1-2001 New York Times
Bush delays release of Reagan's presidential records--again. A post-Watergate law required that all presidents release their records twelve years after their terms end. Ronald Reagan was the first president covered by the law, and his papers were due for release in January. But the Bush administration (many of whose members worked for Reagan and Vice President George Bush, whose papers from that era must also be released) delayed the papers' release until June. In June, they delayed the release until August. (See 6-9-2001 above.) Now that the August deadline has passed, the current administration delays the release again, this time with no deadline. How long will the Bush administration be allowed to protect its cronies?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C14F93A540C728CDDA00894D9404482

11-2-2001 Washington Post
Bush overturns the 1978 Presidential Records Act. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that presidents have the power to overturn laws with an executive order. But President Bush doesn't let that stop him from protecting Reagan, his father, administration cronies, and himself from the eventual release of their records. In the wake of Watergate, Congress passed the 1978 Presidential Records Act, which was designed to check the evil whims of future presidents with the promise that all their papers would be released to the public 12 years after they left office. Reagan's papers were slated to be released this year, but Bush delayed the release several times. (See 9-1-2001 and 6-9-2001 above.) Surely this was connected to the fact that many of the worst criminals in the Reagan administration now serve under Bush. Now the president signs an executive order invalidating the PRA, ensuring that his most heinous deeds can be hidden from the public eye for all time.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A27293-2001Nov1¬Found=true

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

1. Limbaugh's bud Russert will throw chimpy a bunch of softballs

wouldn't it be great if we lived on a parallel earth in which journalists actually did their job and tim grilled bush with the same kind of intensity that he did howard dean?

[salin]

2. another q: so W do you agree with Kay that the WH war talk

must also be questioned/investigated?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=350093

[Bandit]

3. The overturning of Congressional Law by Fiat is one I'm amazed we have

just let drop. How could he get away with such a thing? This is where I think Senator Kerry has let us down the most. I can understand the IWR and even the Patriot Act votes but this one I don't understand at all. Why hasn't the entire Democratic Senate raised holy hell? Presidential Papers need to be released immediately but I'm sure the scrubbing has already been accomplished.

[Bandit]

4. Kick for the presidential papers part of this

:kick: