White House: Information office exempt from Freedom of Information requests

Josh Byrne, Raw Story

The White House Office of Administration “is responsible for responding to requesters who are seeking OA records under the (Freedom of Information Act).”

This from the White House website.

Only there’s a small problem.

According to the Washington Post, “The Bush administration argued in court papers this week that the White House Office of Administration is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act as part of its effort to fend off a civil lawsuit seeking the release of internal documents about a large number of e-mails missing from White House servers.”

(Original Article)