White House visitor records ruling [US DC] News
White House visitor records ruling [US DC]

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethnics in Washington v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, December 17, 2007 [ruling that White House visitor logs compiled by the Secret Service are public documents and thus subject to Freedom of Information Act requests]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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