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Title: Give it up, Dick -- Don't burn the documents on the way out
Post by: JimH on September 20, 2008, 07:31:48 pm

Dick Cheney is supposed to be good now:

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WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Saturday ordered Dick Cheney to preserve a wide range of the records from his time as vice president.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly is a setback for the Bush administration in its effort to promote a narrow definition of materials that must be safeguarded under by the Presidential Records Act.

The Bush administration's legal position "heightens the court's concern" that some records may not be preserved, said the judge.

Full Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080920/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_lawsuit;_ylt=AmglFmXC3WKMplvNUX_dO4934T0D

If I'm not mistaken, the judge is the same one who slapped Microsoft's hands in the case over what to do about the Monopoly.

Title: Re: Give it up, Dick -- Don't burn the documents on the way out
Post by: hit_ny on September 20, 2008, 08:13:48 pm

how long will they be classified for  ;)

Title: Re: Give it up, Dick -- Don't burn the documents on the way out
Post by: KingSparta on September 21, 2008, 04:43:10 am

if i am not mistaken it is like 40 years after there death.

i am not sure if that is true, but it sounds about right from what i have seen before.