President Bush is trying to keep Reagan-era documents scheduled for declassification from reaching the public.   Public Interest Groups are taking the issue to court.

The White House continues to delay the scheduled release of thousands of Presidential documents of the Reagan administration.  Many top Bush advisors served under Reagan during the years in question.


12/21/01:  In a limited victory, a small number of the Reagan-era documents are cleared for release.  READ MORE

11/28/01: The National Security Archive at George Washington University joins Public Citizen and other groups in an attempt to stop President Bush's November 1st executive order to limit public access to presidential records.
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20011128/

Read the complaint

11/15/01:  Bush signs the executive order allowing him to block the release of presidential documents of a predecessor.   READ MORE