Executive Order 13233 of November 1, 2001, is revoked.

[marketcrazy1]

has this been posted?? http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrderPresidentialRecords/

[Change has come]

1. This is awesome.

...Sec. 6. Revocation. Executive Order 13233 of November 1, 2001, is revoked.



BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 21, 2009

[NMDemDist2]

2. 'splain it to me

Bush has to turn over his stuff now?? or the AG can sue or what?

[TahitiNut]

4. In essence, the all-encompassing claim of "executive privilege" to block public access to ...

... Presidential records, both of the current President (Obama) and any former President, living or dead, has come to an end. A far more limited and specific exercise of such claims is required and is subject to challenge and reversal.

Think "Energy Task Force."
Think Iran/Contra during Bush41.
Think Reagan papers blocked by Bush41 or Bush43.

The (current) Attorney General may, possibly together with the Counsel to the (current) President, determine no justification for a claim of executive privilege with respect to the public disclosure (by the Archivist) of Presidential records (which are, by definition, in the care of the Archivist due to their age and inactive status). In short, there is now a DUE PROCESS whereby the justification for such a block can be assessed.

[NMDemDist2]

5. very very cool

thanks for the explaination

:yourock:

[kentuck]

7. Best news I've heard in a long time.

I hope they put it to use.

[robinlynne]

8. which is why they (Bush/Cheney) destroyed all the records....

[TWiley]

14. Think Prescott Bush, Union Bank, and A.L.L.

old prescottt funded the nazi's and was part of a consiracy to install a Fascist governemtn in the U.S. to fight the "New Deal". A. L. L. eventually became the communist hunting Anti-American League led by McCarthy.

[drm604]

3. It just gets better and better, doesn't it?

:D

[zehnkatzen]

6. "Sunlight Is The Best Disinfectant" - Supreme Court Judge Louis Brandeis, ca 1933

This is good news for our nation and our society.

Thank you for keeping your promises, Mr Obama.

[orleans]

9. i just saw that for a thread i just put together about his first day in office

the media should have a fucking field day with this and go after some of bush's shit--especially after what russell tice said tonight on olbermann--that the media was getting spied on big time by the nsa--from their phones to computers to faxes!

okay stupid media (who never made this a real story) let's see what formerly executive privileged crap you can dig up on that fuckhead.

[alfredo]

10. He's keeping his promise to undo the Unitary Executive.

[TahitiNut]

11. Gee... I guess President Obama actually read the Constitution

... and understands it!!

[BelgianMadCow]

16. Yah. He TAUGHT it

;-)

It's sooooo good to see an honest man with integrity in the WH.
I still can't believe it.

[alfredo]

24. And agrees with it, unlike bush who called it a "Goddamn piece of paper."

[TahitiNut]

27. Obama seems to honor his oath of office. Cheney/Bush NEVER did.

:grr:

[alfredo]

28. He's off to a good start. We need Holder confirmed ASAP!

[47of74]

12. No wonder Drinky McDumbf--k...

...looked like he was crapping himself yesterday. He knew that some serious shit was going to be hitting the fan when President Obama got down to work.

[UpInArms]

13. thanks for this post and this is great news!

we are going to get our country back - the crapweasels have infested it for far too long and now their dirty deeds will get spilled into the sunlight and they will never be able to hide from what they have done.

[BlueCollar]

15. Sec. 4. Claim of Executive Privilege by Former President.

Sec. 4. Claim of Executive Privilege by Former President.

(a) Upon receipt of a claim of executive privilege by a living former President, the Archivist shall consult with the Attorney General (through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel), the Counsel to the President, and such other executive agencies as the Archivist deems appropriate concerning the Archivist's determination as to whether to honor the former President's claim of privilege or instead to disclose the Presidential records notwithstanding the claim of privilege. Any determination under section 3 of this order that executive privilege shall not be invoked by the incumbent President shall not prejudice the Archivist's determination with respect to the former President's claim of privilege.

(b) In making the determination referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the Archivist shall abide by any instructions given him by the incumbent President or his designee unless otherwise directed by a final court order. The Archivist shall notify the incumbent and former Presidents of his determination at least 30 days prior to disclosure of the Presidential records, unless a shorter time period is required in the circumstances set forth in section 1270.44 of the NARA regulations. Copies of the notice for the incumbent President shall be delivered to the President (through the Counsel to the President) and the Attorney General (through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel). The copy of the notice for the former President shall be delivered to the former President or his designated representative.


This is going to be veeeeerrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyy innnnnneeeeerrrrreeeessssttttiiiinnnnggg.


:popcorn:

[PRETZEL]

21. The part about the court order I think is also of interest,

I haven't read Bush's EO for a long while and wonder if this too is a revocation of part of that initial EO.

I wonder how Bush will be able to push off national security interests for his executive privilege claims?

[malaise]

17. Oh yes

GObama!

[yodermon]

18. Wikipedia's already on it! - but check out the twist at the end!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13233

Executive Order 13233
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Executive Order 13233 limited access to the records of former United States Presidents. It was drafted by then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and issued by President George W. Bush on November 1, 2001. Section 13 of Order 13233 revoked Executive Order 12667 which was issued by Ronald Reagan on January 18, 1989.

The Order was partially struck down in October 2007, and President Barack Obama completely revoked it by executive order on January 21, 2009, his first full day in office. However, as long as no bill is passed by Congress with regards to this issue, any future president is free to issue yet another order to take the place of the revoked order 13233, just as Order 13233 revoked Order 12667.
...
On January 21, 2009, Executive Order 13233 was revoked by executive order of President Barack Obama.<15> Obama essentially restored the wording of Executive Order 12667, by repeating most of the text of that order with minor changes. One notable change is that vice presidential records are explicitly covered by his new order. (!!!!)

[Native]

23. vice presidential records are now covered by the order - woohoo!

[EnviroBat]

19. Good, now on to the "Patriot Act"

Flush that fucker down the commode too. Hopefully Barack will unravel all of the fascist bullshit dumped on us by that miserable asshole Bush.

Real Patriots Don't Need An Act

[bdamomma]

20. great news, President Obama right on target.

can you imagine how many times he must shake his head or say to himself what a bunch of jerks the past administration was.

[npincus]

22. yes... sorry Mr. President but B*sh is not a "good man".

[4 t 4]

25. this is Great !

look how much he has done in under 48 hours

[hippywife]

31. If anyone thinks he's only been working on

these things for only the last 48 hours they are mistaken. He and his group of advisers could only have been working all this through for quite some time now for him to be taking as swift actions as he has been since walking through the door.

:hi:

[timtom]

26. My God!

He's starting off beautifully. These are precisely the things I asked for on the change.gov website, almost in order!

[newtothegame]

29. Money! n/t

[Pryderi]

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[chknltl]

32. I'd like to second what you said!

K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R! K&R!