Bush Crime Family (thanks to Mike Malloy of Air America for the moniker) holds documents secret...
When I was reading this, a thought occurred to me... Isn't it a hypocrisy to say what Scott McClellan said in regard to releasing documents about Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts...
"I think that if you were to make this information available publicly, that it would have a chilling effect on the ability of the solicitor generals to receive candid, honest, and thorough advice from their attorneys during the decision-making process,"
Isn't that exactly the opposite position that The White House has when it comes to reporters holding their sources in confidence?
((from truthout.org)):
..."Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald urged a federal judge to send Time reporter Matthew Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail if they continue to refuse to reveal their sources.
"Journalists are not entitled to promise complete confidentiality - no one in America is," Fitzgerald wrote in court filings."...
(http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070605B.shtml )
Yet, here they are in this article saying th opposite....
EiTB24.com: "'I think that if you were to make this information available publicly, that it would have a chilling effect on the ability of the solicitor generals to receive candid, honest, and thorough advice from their attorneys during the decision-making process,' McClellan said. "
Hypocrisy abounds. Again.
"I think that if you were to make this information available publicly, that it would have a chilling effect on the ability of the solicitor generals to receive candid, honest, and thorough advice from their attorneys during the decision-making process,"
Isn't that exactly the opposite position that The White House has when it comes to reporters holding their sources in confidence?
((from truthout.org)):
..."Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald urged a federal judge to send Time reporter Matthew Cooper and New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail if they continue to refuse to reveal their sources.
"Journalists are not entitled to promise complete confidentiality - no one in America is," Fitzgerald wrote in court filings."...
(http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/070605B.shtml )
Yet, here they are in this article saying th opposite....
EiTB24.com: "'I think that if you were to make this information available publicly, that it would have a chilling effect on the ability of the solicitor generals to receive candid, honest, and thorough advice from their attorneys during the decision-making process,' McClellan said. "
Hypocrisy abounds. Again.