Secret Service agrees to stop erasing White House visitor log data
Source: Politico
By JOSH GERSTEIN 08/23/2017 09:52 AM EDT
The Secret Service has agreed to stop erasing White House visitor log data while a lawsuit demanding public access to some of the information goes forward.
Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing Tuesday night that, pending resolution of the case, the Secret Service will suspend its practice of disposing of the information after it is transferred to a White House records repository.
Although not necessary to preserve the requested records, the Secret Service has stated that it will retain copies of all appointment and visitor entry data during the pendency of this litigation, and Secret Service has suspended auto-delete functions, Justice Department lawyer Julie Straus Harris wrote in response to a lawsuit brought by the Public Citizen watchdog group.
Who holds the information can have a pivotal impact on the publics ability to access the data in a timely way. Records held by federal agencies like the Secret Service are subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, which can result in relatively timely disclosures, at least in some cases.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/08/23/white-house-visitor-log-data-secret-service-lawsuit-241940
Achilleaze
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dhill926
(16,339 posts)so it was ok to erase them before. Jesus...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Naturally the transparency crowd stopped giving a shit about anything once Trump took over...