Bush Delays Release of Reagan Records Again

The Associated Press reports:

For the third time, the Bush administration has delayed release of 68,000 pages of Ronald Reagan\’s White House records, including vice presidential papers from President Bush\’s father. The papers were to have come out in January, 12 years after Reagan left office as provided under law. The White House delayed the release to June 21, then to the last day in August.

On Friday, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales sought a third extension, this time with no deadline, so the administration can review the records and consult representatives of former presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton . . . “I think it\’s a scandal to hold them back,\’\’ Anna Nelson, a historian at American University, said Friday. “I think the whole point of the Presidential Records Act is to open documents. It goes against the spirit of the law.\’\’

More via the New York Times.