Waco Tribune to Bush: Drop the "culture of secrecy."

CREW:

Waco is the closest city to George Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. So, today's tough editorial in the Waco Tribune was especially interesting. Citing CREW's lawsuit against the Bush administration over visitor records, the paper takes Bush to task for his "culture of secrecy":

President Bush’s culture of secrecy belies his administration’s emphasis on accountability.

The principle of open government bolsters America’s representative democracy by ensuring that the people have access to public affairs conducted in their behalf.

Transparency in government goes hand in hand with accountability, a fact that gives the Bush administration extremely low marks in its promise to be accountable to the people.

They've reached the same conclusion we have:

By constantly fighting to deny public access to public business, Bush gives the unavoidable impression that he has a lot to hide.