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Article: United States: Bush administration expands secrecy.
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- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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Byline: kusumv03
The administration of President George W. Bush has steadily expanded government secrecy across a broad array of agencies and actions, according to a coalition of groups that promote greater transparency.
Dr. Patrice McDermott, director of Open the Government, a watchdog group, said, The federal government under the Bush administration has shown its commitment to secrecy by where it has put its money more no-bid contracts, fewer government employees processing (Freedom of Information Act) requests, less on training on classification issues, and almost $200 spent on keeping secrets to every dollar allocated to open them.
Given ...