Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Wuz up Wuh?

Just a couple of things percolating in my cranium after discovering the following tidbits.

  • For every dollar spent in the U.S. declassifying documents, the government spent $185 to conceal documents. It cost the taxpayers $8.2 billion.
  • Bush has issued at least 151 signing statements challenging 1,149 provisions of laws passed by Congress. Before 2000, presidents had signed fewer than 600 statements in 211 years.
  • Bush has used the state secrets privilege 38 times. It was only used 59 times over the previous 23 years.
  • Americans have submitted 21.4 million requests under the Freedom of Information Act versus 1.9 million just 7 years before.
  • 53 of 57 agencies are backlogged for fulfilling requests. 12 Agencies have requests pending 10 years or more. My understanding is that there is a 20 day deadline for responding.

Now I'm not suggesting that there are untoward happenings here, only respectfully asking the President .... Wuz Up!

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