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Removal of previous administrations' Internet sites and information

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Submitted by Vazir Mukhar (United States), Jul 12, 2010 at 12:14

Your concern about the Obama and Bush administrations' removal of information that was posted on the Internet by their predecessors is quite valid. That information may be available in the National Archives and/or through the Freedom of Information Act. Having to do obtain it in that way makes these administrations look petty at worst, embarrassed by or afraid of what someone reading that information would learn.

How politically naive and infantile! The ability of the Internet to store such information and much more is without question.

I tend not to believe in conspiracies, so I don't know at what level these decisions were made. If made by the presidents and their closest advisors, that tells me something I must and will remember about Mr Bush and about Mr Obama, especially in 2012 should he be the nominee of the Democratic Party.

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The same is true for French public website such as Elysée [186 words]Chemla VéroniqueMay 19, 2012 05:07195689
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Deletion of previous administration's Internet materials [73 words]Vazir MukhtarJul 13, 2010 20:41175478
Erasing George Bush online [171 words]IsaacJul 12, 2010 16:51175470
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Removal of previous administrations' Internet sites and information [141 words]Vazir MukharJul 12, 2010 12:14175458
Erasing history [226 words]Fred CalmJul 12, 2010 11:39175456
We are doomed to make the mistakes history can no longer prevent. [198 words]Clarita N. GlomskiJul 3, 2010 03:53175082
O'Brien Comments [3 words]Progressive EdJul 3, 2010 01:01175077
King is dead, long live the King ! [53 words]B ShahJun 30, 2010 04:44175010
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because they can [70 words]mythJun 26, 2010 21:32174885
The Webmaster [24 words]Mark DJun 26, 2010 02:15174852
Quality [47 words]Mark D.Jun 26, 2010 02:10174851
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White House RSS Feeds [84 words]Mark PrestonJun 25, 2010 12:30174824
petty politics. . . it is sad... in a great democracy knowledge should be king ! [69 words]Phil GreendJun 26, 2010 19:37174824
petty-minds [23 words]G.VishvasJun 28, 2010 06:27174824
Not necessarily [51 words]soccer dadJun 25, 2010 11:20174821
Notification [75 words]Mark D.Jun 26, 2010 02:04174821
The reason is clear... [30 words]Mark GJun 25, 2010 11:00174820
Servers are expensive [36 words]KatrinaJun 30, 2010 17:05174820

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