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Originally Posted by AjaxPress
Shouldn't you be going after the donors who won't release the records and not Obama or the U of Chicago? Let's just get to the point about what this thread is really about...
1)andy hates the University of Chicago that's why he's blaming them for something they have no control over.
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2)andy hates Barack Obama because he's Black.
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This is a typical response. Someone doesn't agree with you so call them a racist. It's precisely that sort of thing which turned me against Obama. Nevermind neither 1 nor 2 are supported by any statements or writings ever made by me. Truly pathetic.
Stanley Kurtz, the researcher trying to gain access to the documents, wrote a very long article about his efforts to see the documents
here, not that I expect any of you mental midgets to read it. It's far easier to just call him a racist too.
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Shifting Story
There are a number of disturbing elements to this story. Recall that, according to the graduate assistant, the collection had, in fact, already been “processed.” Yet Weller’s initial message to me used the unprocessed state of the collection as a reason for restricting access. And when I pointed out how easy it would be to remove the restricted files, Weller quickly came up with yet another reason to block access. At the moment, I have no way of verifying Weller’s claim that the library has no signed deed of gift, but how likely is it that a collection of such size and importance would have been housed in the library, and listed in publicly accessible international library catalogues, without this very basic detail having been attended to? It’s also puzzling that UIC now raises the absence of any formal agreement with the donor — and thus the absence of any formal restrictions by the donor — as a reason to deny access to a collection placed in library custody precisely to facilitate public access.
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The records were in the public domain. And then they weren't.
Kurtz goes into significant detail of the shifting explanations given to him by the University.