Thread by @ABustedBoomer

Some of the most important legal work in defense of constitutional limits on federal governance is being conducted by @JudicialWatch, led by @TomFitton.

True enough that I'm biased ... #JW's work has helped to expose @HillaryClinton's and @BarackObama's secret state.

I just finished reading a decision in one of their long-running FOIA lawsuits, #JudicialWatchvUSDeptofState. You can read the decision here:

judicialwatch.org/wp-content/upl…

The decision is by Judge Royce Lamberth, who serves as a federal district court judge, after he was confirmed to that position with the US District Court for the District of Columbia during the Reagan administration.

This particular JW case raises the question whether the State Dep't, Clinton, Obama, & Co. deliberately hid from discovery and disclosure THOUSANDS of emails related to the BUSINESS of the US Government that @HillaryClinton sent via her private email server.

Judge Lamberth's opinion begins w/ the now infamous command by the Obama administration that the agencies of the #fedgov under Obama's administration would always opt toward openness:

I say "now infamous" because no matter how noble the expressed sentiment seems, the history of Obama's eight year administration of the federal government has been a history of hiding, of occluding, and of lying to the People.

Rather than producing the supposedly desired "openness," the Obama administration set new records in the stymying of, denying of, and slow walking of responses to FOIA requests.

If you think what I just claimed is demogogic hyperbole, here's a headline to consider:

No. That's not from Infowars.

It's not from Fox News.

It's not off the Rush Limbaugh newsletter.

No.

That headline comes from @pbsnewshour, dateline March 18, 2015.

Doubt me?

Here's the link:

pbs.org/newshour/natio…

So, Judge Lamberth began by taking note of the statement of high aspiration by the Obama administration for openness in government.

Then he LOWERS THE BOOM!

#exposed
#phonyopenness
#falsegovernmentpieties

Here's the paragraph that immediately follows that introduction:

This is a serious charge:

"But in this case, faced with one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency, his State and Justice Departments fell far short. So far short that the Court questions, even now, whether they are acting in good faith."

One of the GRAVEST MODERN OFFENSES TO GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY.

And that is the tale of the tape. In the opinion of the independent judiciary, the Obama administration presided over one of the gravest modern offenses to transparency!

For court watchers, @JudicialWatch is now awaiting word from the federal court as to what further discovery the Court will subject the Dep't of State. An order could issue at any time, and may ultimately result in @HillaryClinton and her assistant, #cherylMills sitting for depos!

@threadreaderapp please roll up this thread!