Politicizing Intelligence…Again?

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Politico’s Josh Gerstein looks at the Obama White House and transparency. He writes:

The Obama administration also seems to be in no hurry to release security-related records that might disrupt its own plans. One report on released Guantanamo detainees who allegedly returned to fight was expected to come out last month – but never surfaced, notes Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff. Publishing that report could complicate Obama’s attempt to close Guantanamo and farm out many of the detainees to other countries. “It’s easy to release stuff that makes your predecessor look bad,” Isikoff said at the AU meeting. “The real test of openness of an administration is when you’re willing to release material that might not let you look good.”

Indeed. See here and here. And Obama is thinking about releasing War-on-Terror documents that will make his predecessor look bad. Isikoff broke that story, too. He writes:

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