The Bush-Cheney Administration's Assault on Open Government

Subjects:

• Political Science » American Politics/Government
• Law » Constitutional Law
• Political Science » Civil/Political/Human Rights
• Law » Legal History

Reviews:

• Montgomery outlines how the Bush-Cheney administration has shielded the federal government from public inspection by curtailing access to information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), obstructed access to presidential records, invoked national security for keeping secrets, and conducted wiretaps without warrants....Montgomery illustrates how the Bush-Cheney administration used executive privilege and prerogatives to circumvent open government laws. Recommended.
  —Choice October 2008

• Endorsement From Steven Aftergood,
  Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists: Before we can find our way to open, accountable government, we need to realize just how far we have drifted in the opposite direction. This provocative book helps illuminate the erosion of open government in recent years, and so it helps lay the foundation for change.
• Endorsement From Lucy Dalglish,
  Executive Director, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Montgomery's book substantiates what many of us have felt in our gut for the past six years: Democracy has been under assault by the Bush administration. In an effort to reclaim executive powers they believe were taken away from the president after the Watergate era, these public officials have eviscerated the rights of American citizens to participate in their government.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1 Freedom of Information Act in Retreat
• 2 Overturning the Presidential Records Act
• 3 Challenging the GAOs Statutory Powers
• 4 Defeating the Federal Advisory Committee Act
• 5 Subverting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
• Notes
• Bibliography

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