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January 23, 2009

White House website is hollow

Where's the beef?

So, there was a White House press briefing yesterday. Where is the White House transcript? Maybe someone there can post in the spiffy new blog just where this information is going to be. The Bush Administration was better about this, getting everything the president said in public up almost instantly.

I wanted to post something about the question Helen Thomas asked about worldwide "outrages" not specifically addressed by the orders President Obama has issued on torture and the closure of the Guantanamo gulag. Sorry, whitehouse.gov is not yet "transparent" on this matter.

Harkavy at The Village Voice calls the situation "deeply troubling and downright scary." More HERE.

Posted by The Owl at 10:07. Filed under: Power and accountability

Comments

Call me crazy, but I'm willing to cut these people a little slack during their first 72 hours on the job.

Posted by Tammy on January 23, 2009 at 13:08

Okay, Ms. Owl, I'll have to concede I really don't agree with Harkavy. Not yet, anyway. Let's see how it develops...

Posted by The Owl on January 23, 2009 at 17:51

Look! Executive orders have been posted!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/b...

Still no transcript of the Thursday press briefing, however.

Posted by The Owl on January 23, 2009 at 17:55
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