{"id":1996,"date":"2007-06-04T10:06:15","date_gmt":"2007-06-04T16:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2017-05-21T01:01:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T07:01:39","slug":"white-house-follows-new-path-to-secrecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/06\/white-house-follows-new-path-to-secrecy\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Follows New Path to Secrecy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/flat-stanley.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/flat-stanley.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By Pete Yost, The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>A newly disclosed effort to keep Vice President Dick Cheney&#8217;s visitor records secret is the latest White House push to make sure the public doesn&#8217;t learn who has been meeting with top officials in the Bush administration.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, lawyers for President Bush and Cheney have directed the Secret Service to maintain the confidentiality of visitor entry and exit logs, declaring them to be presidential records, exempt from a law requiring their disclosure to whoever asks to see them.<\/p>\n<p>The drive to keep the logs secret, the administration says, is essential to assuring that the president and vice president receive candid advice to carry out their duties.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet officers often don&#8217;t want to give up their meeting calendars to journalists. 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