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New Docs Expose Bush Sr. Illegally Destroying Evidence Of US Crimes While Head Of CIA

• http://www.activistpost.com, By Claire Bernish

That director — George H.W. Bush, who served in the role from January 1976 until January 1977 — went on to become the 41st President of the United States.

As MuckRock reports,

In 1976, Congresswoman Bella Abzug wrote to CIA Director George H.W. Bush about the existing moratorium on the destruction of CIA files. As the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, which had jurisdiction over government information policy including FOIA and the Privacy Act, she wanted the moratorium extended — specifically, she wanted to ensure that Congress had time to enact legislation in response to the Church, Pike, and Rockefeller hearings and the resulting reports.

Preservation of records — the subject of acrimonious debate during the presidential election, thanks to Hillary Clinton's use of a private server and disappearing documents — is pivotal to government transparency and accountability. And for preventing alterations and staving off lies.


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