Episode 351 • • 1:06:17 - 1:09:18
351: Home for the Holidays
Obama's 2009 Transparency Pledge vs. Current Secrecy
In 2009, President Obama pledged that his administration would be the most transparent in history, stating that the "era of secrecy" was over. He claimed that information would only be withheld if a separate authority found the request grounded in the Constitution. Critics contrast these early "touchstone" promises with current efforts to restrict FOIA access and hide government records.