FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
FBI releases some files on President Bush
To blogger after Freedom of Information request
READ THE RECORDS
By John Byrne RAW STORY Editor
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 20 pages of files on President George W. Bush to an activist blogger who sought the president’s records under a Freedom of Information Act request last summer, RAW STORY has learned.
The release, which comprises two threats made against the President in 2001 and 2003, is scant. It includes letters from the U.S. Secret Service to the FBI forensic laboratory to request DNA analyses and the lab’s replies. There is no information about the president’s background.
Michael Petrelis, who keeps a blog and is a longtime gay activist, obtained the file last week and believes the FBI has withheld much of their records on the president. Those who deal regularly with such requests tell RAW STORY most of the president’s file is protected under the information law.
The records’ release, however small, may mark a new landmark in blogger journalism. Petrelis says his frustration with the mainstream media’s lack of attention to the president’s record led him to make the request himself. Thousands of pages relating to Sen. John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War have been released, as organizations are not given the same privacy rights as individuals under the law.
Petrelis' claim that no other media organization has requested Bush's files was substantiated by the FBI FOIA office in October 2004, when RAW STORY first ran a piece on Petrelis' effort. Debbie Beatty, who works in the Historical and Executive Review Unit at the FBI and spoke for the FOIA office, stated that to her knowledge, no other media organization has requested Bush’s file.>>>> continued
READ THE RECORDS
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/fbi_releases_bush_records_blogger_426
FBI releases some files on President Bush
To blogger after Freedom of Information request
READ THE RECORDS
By John Byrne RAW STORY Editor
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released 20 pages of files on President George W. Bush to an activist blogger who sought the president’s records under a Freedom of Information Act request last summer, RAW STORY has learned.
The release, which comprises two threats made against the President in 2001 and 2003, is scant. It includes letters from the U.S. Secret Service to the FBI forensic laboratory to request DNA analyses and the lab’s replies. There is no information about the president’s background.
Michael Petrelis, who keeps a blog and is a longtime gay activist, obtained the file last week and believes the FBI has withheld much of their records on the president. Those who deal regularly with such requests tell RAW STORY most of the president’s file is protected under the information law.
The records’ release, however small, may mark a new landmark in blogger journalism. Petrelis says his frustration with the mainstream media’s lack of attention to the president’s record led him to make the request himself. Thousands of pages relating to Sen. John Kerry’s activities with Vietnam Veterans Against the War have been released, as organizations are not given the same privacy rights as individuals under the law.
Petrelis' claim that no other media organization has requested Bush's files was substantiated by the FBI FOIA office in October 2004, when RAW STORY first ran a piece on Petrelis' effort. Debbie Beatty, who works in the Historical and Executive Review Unit at the FBI and spoke for the FOIA office, stated that to her knowledge, no other media organization has requested Bush’s file.>>>> continued
READ THE RECORDS
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/fbi_releases_bush_records_blogger_426
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