http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long Why is the National Archives being so slow in releasing those Hillary Clinton records from her time in the White House? Blame the UFO seekers and conspiracy theorists, who move faster than the journalists, apparently: A major delay to the release of Clinton White House papers that might be of contemporary interest is that UFO believers and other conspiracy theorists filed their Freedom of Information Law requests ahead of the journalists, historians, and Clinton rivals who were digging for information about the First Lady. Among the records that are coming out ahead of those that could shed additional light on... Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:41:52 -0800 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:00:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i think dennis is behind this.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845863 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:02 -0800 This is not a story. The story is that Bush II has made it so onerous to release presidential records to the public that records from the Reagan era have been held up indefinitely just as they were about to be daylighted.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845954 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:24:08 -0800 If I became president tomorrow the first thing I'd do is make all presidential records up to now public, and reduce the sealing time for my own (and future) presidential records to six months. Tough for my administration, but good for America.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c845993 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:55:11 -0800 Ah, I love it. When the absurd rears its head like this, I just love it.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c846115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c846115 2008 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:24:21 -0800 While I'm not actually a Hillary supporter, as an archivist I've been frustrated at the misinformation in the press about the process of releasing presidential papers. Hillary, or even Bill, simply cannot just say, "Release everything immediately" - there are the Presidential Records Act and the lack of staffing at the National Archives that prevent that, among other factors. The AP has a pretty good Q&A that explains some of the issues here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_po/clinton_papers_q_a_3

]]> Archivist http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c846404 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/whats_taking_so_long#c846404 2008 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:00:47 -0800