How Obama Sighed A Executive Order TO hide his records

Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:07

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When the Archivist provides notice to the incumbent and former Presidents of his intent to disclose Presidential records  pursuant to section 1270.46 of the NARA regulations, the Archivist, using any guidelines providied by the incumbent and former Presidents, shall identify any specific materials, the disclosure of which he believes may raise a substantial question of executive privilege
Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13489 on Jan. 21, 2009, one day after being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.
To hear the conspiracy theorists describe it, Obama’s first executive order officially closed off Obama’s personal records to the public. You know, his birth certificate and all that.
That the first order of business Obama took care of on day one of his Presidency was to sign off on an Executive Order that states that only the records he chooses to be made public will be released?
On January 21st, 2009, his very first day in office, Barack Obama implemented and signed into law Executive Order 13489.
Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the president of the United States manages the operations of the federal government.
Obama’s first executive order merely rescinded an earlier executive order severely limiting public access to presidential records after they left office.
That now-rescinded executive order, 13233, was signed by then-President George W. Bush on Nov. 1, 2001. It allowed former presidents and even family members to declare executive privilege and block public access to White House records for virtually any reason.
That now-rescinded executive order, 13233, was signed by then-President George W. Bush on Nov. 1, 2001. It allowed former presidents and even family members to declare executive privilege and block public access to White House records for virtually any reason.