Threat Feared to Freedom of Information Act

washingtonpost.com — Weeks after signing a new law designed to end the stonewalling of Freedom of Information Act requests by the Bush administration, Bush has proposed shifting a newly created ombudsman's position from the politically independent National Archives and Records Administration to the Department of Justice. Because the ombudsman would be the chief monitor of compliance with the new law, that move is akin to killing the critical function, some members of Congress and watchdog groups say.

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