The Bush-Cheney Administration's Assault on Open Government Montgomery, Bruce P.

The Bush-Cheney administration took office in 2001 determined to assert the preeminent authority of the executive branch and its immunity from congressional oversight and public transparency. Within months, Congress's "Use of Force" resolution on the heels of the 9/11 terrorist attacks gave the White House the platform for launching an aggressive and successful campaign to gut the nation's open government laws, neuter congressional prerogatives, and shroud the presidency in privilege and secrecy. With military precision, the wartime executive targeted and struck down or flouted all the landmark sunshine laws enacted by Congress over the preceding decades.

DOI: 10.1336/0275999041 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9904.aspx

The Bush-Cheney Administration's Assault on Open Government Hardback, 232 pages, $49.95 Copyright ©2008, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-99904-1 DOI: 10.1336/0275999041

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