WorthyNewsBot Posted August 25, 2014 Group: Bots Followers: 3 Topic Count: 39,879 Topics Per Day: 6.49 Content Count: 44,074 Content Per Day: 7.18 Reputation: 980 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/06/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted August 25, 2014 WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News)– A federal judge has issued a stinging rebuke to the Obama administration's recent attempt to shield documents from disclosure in a case that could yield important clues about the Treasury Department's relationship with mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Washington Times reported. Government lawyers had argued they could redact key information before releasing records to the public by saying the documents related to the "deliberative process." But in a ruling last month, U.S. Federal Claims Court Judge Margaret M. Sweeney rejected that, saying the government was illegally cutting corners. The ruling means discovery in the case can continue, though there's still a protective motion in place, so it's unclear when or whether documents will be made public. Still, government watchdogs cheered the ruling, saying it represented an important pushback against a tool in the administration's increasingly use of the exemption to try to keep embarrassing information secret. — Source View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoc Posted August 26, 2014 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 153 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 16 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/14/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have unlimited resources to stay afloat, the US Treasury. The president nor congress wants the public to know how much money has been flushed down the toilet so they distract the public by keeping the focus on the big banks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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