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Prying Eyes Won't Get to Hillary’s Papers

Posted Aug 14, 07 2:03 PM CDT in Politics,  US 

(Newser) – Nearly 2 million pages of documents from Hillary Clinton’s years as first lady are sealed at the Clinton Presidential Library, and an eager opposition is chomping at the bit to get to them. Archivists say the documents—including appointment logs and memos—won’t be released before next year’s election, but some hope Freedom of Information Act requests will beat that clock, the LA Times reported.

“That’s the mother lode of opposition research," said a GOP political consultant. Unfortunately for him, the archive has a small staff and a large backlog of FoIA requests, most of them concerning the other 78 million pages of presidential material. A conservative watchdog group has filed suit for the release of Hillary's papers. Some tidbits have emerged, including details about her health care “war room.”

Source Los Angeles Times

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Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference following a tour of the construction site of the California Academy of...   (Associated Press)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., take part in the Democratic presidential debate in this July 23, 2007 file photo. Recently, when Clinton and Obama have sparred,...   (Associated Press)
Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1996, during her stint at First Lady, which is heavily documented in completely unavailable archives.   (KRT Photos)
The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, where over 2 million pages of documents covering Senator Clinton's tenure as First Lady are privately archived.   (Melissa Gasser Myers; Creative Commons)
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