In what may become yet another scandal in President Obama’s “most transparent government ever,” it has been discovered that Obama appointee, EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson, and other top officials, created secret personal email accounts to conduct government business out of the public’s eye which is a violation of the Freedom of Information Act and other federal open-records laws.
EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson
According to The Washington Times, while researching his book, “The Liberal War on Transparency,” author Christopher Horner, of the conservative non-profit think-tank, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), brought to light the use of these secret email accounts, including one used by Jackson under the alias “Richard Windsor.”
The CEI website has a copy of the federal lawsuit they filed asking that the personal emails sent by top EPA officials be made public. Meanwhile, The Free Beacon reports that GOP lawmakers on the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology have launched an investigation into these secret emails:
Members of the House Science Committee demanded information on the secret email addresses from Jackson and expressed concerns that conducting official business through such means may violate the Federal Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Presidential Records Act, and other transparency laws.
Read the House Science Committee’s letters to the EPA and Offices of the Inspectors General here:
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Tell the truth, is anyone truly surprised at the nefarious antics of this administration? This kind of conduct is deeply ingrained in them, it has been a way of life. It is hard to break old habits even if they truly are trying to comply with the laws of the land. I personally have no hope that they ever will comply.
More transparency unfolds. Things do seem to trickle down from the top to the bottom, looks like every one in this administration as as crooked as it gets.
And the MSM refuses to cover these stories. They are just as guilty in omitting as the government is at covering! Sad for Americans! This is how marxism,communism, and socialism gain control!