Obama hold on records raises hypocrisy charge

By Kara Rowland,The Washington Times

After lampooning the Bush administration for secrecy,President Obama used the same legal arguments as his predecessor to block the release of logs showing which industry executives met with the White House to help formulate his health care policy. The new administration abruptly reversed course [...]

Obama blocks list of visitors to White House

By Bill Dedman,MSNBC.com

So much for transparency,Obama adopts closed book policy

The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House,taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions.

Despite [...]