Those White House Links to Nothing,
by Helen Dewar and Brian Faler.
Washington Post, October 25, 2004 Monday
Final Edition.A Section; A06.
The list of names of countries supporting the U.S.-led military action in Iraq has been removed from the White House Web site. Blogger Brad Friedman, who
noticed the disappearance, believes this is part of a widespread “scrubbing” of documents on the government site. Gone are links to the audio and video of President Bush’s statement that “I’m not that concerned” about Osama bin Laden, a Q&A when Bush said “misunderestimate” and Bush’s acknowledgment that his decision making on stem cell policy was “unusually deliberative for my administration.”
The White House explanation?
“When we republish pages and move files, some links are bound to go down, and there are bound to be dead pages.” And, “This coalition list was dated and inaccurate.”
So, has anyone at the White House heard of history?
Is GPO saving these and making them permanently available? Is GPO depositing these with depository libraries?
Are we better informed?
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