Bush & Regan Libraries to Open Additional Records Relating to John Roberts

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Bush Library to Open Additional Records Relating to John Roberts

8/29/2005 12:04:00 PM


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To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor

Contact: National Archives Public Affairs Staff, 202-501-5526

News Advisory:

WHAT: The Bush Library will open 47 pages from the records of the White House Office of Records Management, the White House Counsel's Office, and the Office of Presidential Personnel. Of the 47 pages, 33 pages will be opened in their entirety and 14 pages will be opened in part. The Bush Library has determined that 20 pages will be withheld. These records have been processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Judge Roberts was Deputy Solicitor General during the Bush Administration. President George H.W. Bush nominated Judge Roberts to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit in January 1992, but a Senate confirmation vote was never held on his nomination. The Bush Library staff has identified 136 pages of records related to Judge Roberts. Sixty-nine of these pages have already been opened in response to previous FOIA requests.

WHERE: These records will be available in two formats:

-- The Research Room at the George Bush Presidential Library, 1000 George Bush Drive West, College Station, Texas will open reference copies of the documents.

-- These records will also be available on the Bush Library website: http://www.bushlibrary.tamu.edu.

WHEN: This group of records from the Bush Library will be open to the public on Aug. 29, at 11 a.m. CDT (12 p.m. EDT).

BACKGROUND: The requirements for review and release of Presidential records are established by the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and Executive Order 13233. This process is very labor-intensive and requires that National Archives staff conduct a page by page, word for word review of all records in order to protect, as required by law, sensitive information such as national security, personal privacy and law enforcement information. Following the National Archives review, by law, both the representatives of the former and the incumbent Presidents must have an opportunity to review all of the records, to determine if any of them are subject to a constitutionally-based privilege and whether such privilege will be asserted.

For further information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs Staff at 202-501-5526.

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Reagan Library to Open Additional Records Relating to John Roberts

8/29/2005 11:53:00 AM


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To: Assignment Desk and Daybook Editor

Contact: National Archives Public Affairs staff, 202-501-5526

News Advisory:

WHAT: Today the Ronald Reagan Library is releasing an additional 175 pages from its re-review of the John Roberts' records restricted from release on August 15, 2005. Of the pages being released today, 148 pages are being released in part and 27 pages are being released in their entirety. This material was originally withheld under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in the release of 5,393 pages by the Reagan Library. The National Archives has determined that 303 pages will remain restricted in whole under applicable FOIA exemptions. The majority of the restricted material is closed under exemption (b)(6) of the FOIA --clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Much of the information that remains closed deals with personal information of others, including financial information of those being considered for Presidential appointments.

WHERE: These records will be available in two formats

-- The Research Room at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA will open reference copies of the documents.

-- The National Archives website: http://www.archives.gov

WHEN: These records will be available at the Reagan Library at 9 a.m. PDT and at 12 p.m. EDT on the National Archives website.

BACKGROUND: On August 15, 2005, The National Archives released 5,393 pages of material from the files of John G. Roberts at the Reagan Library. At that time, 478 pages were withheld under applicable FOIA exemptions, 5 U.S.C. -- 552.

R. Duke Blackwood, director of the Ronald Reagan Library, received a letter from Senator Patrick Leahy, ranking Democratic member on the Committee on the Judiciary, requesting that the Reagan Library and the National Archives conduct a supplementary review of these 478 pages and release those records, or portions thereof, that do not require closure under an applicable FOIA exemption.

The National Archives and the Reagan Library staff have now completed this re-review resulting in today's release.

The requirements for review and release of Presidential records are established by the Presidential Records Act of 1978 and Executive Order 13233. This process is very labor-intensive and requires that National Archives staff conduct a page by page, word for word review of all records in order to protect, as required by law, sensitive information such as national security, personal privacy and law enforcement information. Following the National Archives review, by law, both the representatives of the former and the incumbent Presidents must have an opportunity to review all of the records, to determine if any of them are subject to a constitutionally-based privilege and whether such privilege will be asserted.

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[leesa]

1. This guys so dirty, he's hardly done anything yet and they have to bury

his crimes.

[wli]

2. are the Iran-Contra files still missing? n/t