Most Transparent Administration in History Using Secret Email Accounts for Official Government Business

Despite Obama claiming he presides over the “most transparent administration in history,” more chilling facts are emerging about just how secretive the administration actually is, even to the point of using secret email addresses for government business to avoid transparency:

Via the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake:

Some top political appointees in the Obama administration are using secret government e-mail addresses, and several federal agencies have so far failed to disclose their addresses to the Associated Press despite a three-month old request, the AP reported Tuesday morning.

Those making use of secret addresses include Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the wire service said.

What makes it worse: The administration tried to charge the Associate Press $1 million for the information:

AP requested the addresses using a Freedom of Information Act request earlier this year. The AP article published Tuesday morning says the Labor Department initially asked the wire service to pay $1 million to cover the cost of researching the request and providing the information that was being sought.

The American People deserve transparency from their government. Demand that the administration release its secret emails here: www.nrcc.org/transparency