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Originally Posted by nation-x
Did you actually read that or just repeat what some idiot posted about it? Read it and then say it says what you say it says... because it doesn't at all. It is an executive order to overturn the claim of executive privilege made by Bush... that is why it says "Former" and "Incumbent". Some of you people just make me scratch my head and wonder where you were educated.
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Dig a little deeper...
Here is a good analysis:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R40238.pdf
If you don't have time to read it, here's the section that summarizes it best.
"On November 1, 2001, President George W. Bush issued an executive order (E.O. 13233), which
allowed the incumbent President?as well as former Presidents, former Vice Presidents, and their
designees whose records are affected?to withhold from public disclosure the records of former
Presidents and Vice Presidents or to delay their release indefinitely under claims of executive
privilege.3 On January 7, 2009, the House passed a bill (H.R. 35) that would statutorily revoke
E.O. 13233. The bill would also allow the Archivist to reassume control of access to the records
of former Presidents.
On January 21, 2009, President Barack Obama issued E.O. 134894 on his first full day in office.
The new executive order explicitly rescinded E.O. 13233. Many of the aims of H.R. 35 are
incorporated into President Obama?s executive order. However, unlike H.R. 35, which would
grant the Archivist final determination over record disclosure,
President Obama?s order allows
the incumbent President to stop disclosure through claims of executive privilege. This report
will discuss policy changes incorporated into E.O. 13489 and analyze the possible effects of H.R. 35."
E.O. 134894 was basically answering H.R. 35 (which revoked E.O. 13233 anyways) to once again allow Obama to "halt disclosure" through claims of executive privilege. H.R. 35 took that away.