tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250013.post7778218057287440294..comments2023-10-06T12:28:48.452-04:00Comments on Spinning Clio: Clintons Keep Records Closed, NCH Still Blames Bush IIMarchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09263223781051175207noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8250013.post-20788885615076513382007-11-05T10:25:00.000-05:002007-11-05T10:25:00.000-05:00I have worked in presidential records for more tha...I have worked in presidential records for more than a decade and edit a documentary edition which contain vast numbers of presidential records. Furthermore, I have relied on FOIAs for the past decade in my research on the policy work First Ladies conducted while in the White House.<BR/><BR/>Consequently, I know this procedure inside out and backwards. <BR/><BR/>The NCH is explaining procedures correctly--and accurately. It took me 10 years to get material on Nancy Reagan. Barbara Bush's records are frozen. And a significant amount of Rosalynn Carter's papers are unaccessible because Carter Library staff is so short it cannot accession already processed (and open) material.<BR/><BR/>Just because 1) NCH took the time to explain the law and the current NARA staffing crisis,2) the Archives doesn't have the staff to meet the high demand of FOIAs, and 3) Clinton muffed the answer, doesn't mean there is bias.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11275248942302332665noreply@blogger.com