Our White House, our president

President Bush’s lawyers say revealing names of his visitors erodes his power

SOURCE: Editorial Staff // The Daily Astorian (Astoria, OR)

24 Apr 2008 // It is an eternal theme that public officials will eventually treat their government offices as personal property. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have pursued a pathology of secrecy and exclusivity rather than inclusion with a vengeance. That's why cartoonists are on target when they portray the Bush presidency as a royal court.

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