White House Visitor Logs Released
Article Tools
-
16
Liked it 
Subscribe to RSS
President Obama said White House visitor logs will be released online every 90 to 120 days. Due to the diligence and fortitude of the Citizens for Responsibllity and Ethics, we will know who influences White House policies.
White House visitor logs will be released to the public every 90 to 120 days, beginning September 15, 2009. Thanks to our watch dogs in Washington DC. we will get a clear picture of who has a foot in the door and influences White House policies.
It hasn’t been an easy task in the past. Visitor logs have been withheld from the public eyes by the White House minions. This policy of secrecy has been in place for both Democrat and Republican Presidents. President Obama said Friday, ” We will achieve our goal making this administration the most open and transparent administration in history, not only by opening the doors of the White House to more Americans but by shining a light on the business conducted inside.” It means we will know who has power and influence in our countries policies, unless we the people of the nation are too muddle headed to pay attention
Image by cliff1066 via Flickr
Obama’s White House agreed to post visitor logs online on an ongoing basis. The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics also requested logs kept by President Bush. It was found that Steven Payne visited the White House 53 times beginning June 18, 2001 and ending June 13, 2007.
Payne was caught on video tape trying to trade his access to top officials for donations to the Bush library foundation. Visitor logs also show that conservative Christian leaders had the attention of President Bush himself. 9 individuals visited with President Bush from January 1, 2001 to Oct 4, 2006.
The monthly visitor releases will include thousands of electronic records. Listed will be the full names of the visitors, who they meet with, when they entered, and when they left. Some names will be kept private, people who attend meetings of a sensitive nature, as in Supreme court nominees, and others who are meeting for national security issues. Neither will the Obama’s or the vice president’s personal visitors be revealed.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have dropped all pending law suits they had carried forward for years seeking access to White House visitors logs. Without their inquisitive eyes this policy would never have come about. We need our watch dogs in Washington and we should send them a thank you letter for keeping an eagle eye out for our rights as citizens of the U.S.A.
Image via Wikipedia
http://newsflavor.com/world/middle-east/soldiers-die-in-Iraque-due-to-contractors-shoddy-work/
http://newsflavor.com/world/usa-canada/honoring-our-soldiers/
40 Comments
Great article Ruby! Keep it up.
Excellent article Ruby. Thanks goodness for our nation’s watchdogs. The citizens of this country has someone who will tell them the truth about the going-ons in our government. Thanks for sharing this important information.
interesting post!
It’s a start. The 90-120 day lag offers ample opportunity to cleanse the visitor list before making it public.
Interesting information.
Nice and interesting…Good work…Thanks for sharing…My best wishes to you…
Great post Ruby! It’s about time they include the public.
Thank you for this very informative article. I can’t wait to see the visitor list. But, I would also like to see the same for the Congress. In my mind, they have the most influence of our government – more than the Administration with their multiple committees, and the actual funding they approve and allocate. I would love to see who their visitors are and the money being given to each of them – one way or another….I can only imagine.
Nice one to share..Great work…
so beautiful
Very nice for us to know!
Very interesting!
Great read and of course nice one. Have my liked it.
Nicely written and researched, Ruby. Also very informative for someone on the other side of the pond who knows very little about US politics.
Nicely written, and that is very brave of Obama as well to share this kind of information. I love your articles Ruby!
Another fascinating piece. Can’t wait to see the list now that my curiosity has been piqued. Great job, keep up the excellent work.
Great job again! May I invite you, Dear Ruby, and our Dear Readers to have a look at my “The White House: a highly coveted mansion”. The rooms are so beautiful.
Take care my friend,
François
A really nice article packed with interest and information for those who don’t live in the US and this is something that has interested me loads. Good work.
Very interesting article. good information.
Great article with good information.
Ruby,
I believe that some visitor information should not be released but as you wrote, the ones that are after “favor” for their benefit should be released. Interesting article my friend:)
Blessings,
Chris
Very interesting indeed!
Interesting article.
Does anyone believe the logs won’t be censored before they are released? I’d like the personal visitor logs released in their entirety since that gives a more honest view of who has influence over our presidents decisions however that would be an affront to the right to privacy of the president so I would never trample on his constitutional rights . Hope he will refrain from trampling on ours. I’m afraid that that may be a futile hope.
Well done article. Do you really think they will be truthful about all the visitors? I tend to wonder.
i thought we couldn’t go in ne more
Watchdog groups play an important role in society.
Good article. I’m sure the comings and goings at The White House will make for some very interesting reading!
That sure is some important documentation about to be released! Obama certainly sounds a lot better president then Bush ever was, that is for certain! As always Ruby excellent jounalistic work! Interesting, informative,well researched and well written!
I like openness in Government, whether we truly get it is another matter, but a step in the right direction for sure!
It’s good we’ll beable to see who goes into the white house… it’ll justmake people wonder who the private visitors are, you know? Great piece
Interesting article, Ruby! I agree that it’s good that we will finally find out what’s been going on. I think that it’s a start too. I think Obama really does want to change what’s going on in America.
This is very interesting. So we get to see who visits who in the White House.
always a good things. Too many Lobbyists in US politics.
interesting.. I`m always amazed of how you can bring up such topics.. nice share..
An interesting post. It looks as if politics is gradually becoming more open to the public.
Christine
Nice to have the logs- but it doesn’t tell the tale of how much is spent by lobbyists to influence congress.
I applaud the decision! Great article, and thanks for the information.
Regards, Hugo
Sounds like a good way to encourage people to believe in the openess of the government.
I hope someday I will be able to visit too:)