Obama: Bush White House “most secretive in modern history”

by Mike Dorning

This just in from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who objects to the president’s claim of executive privilege:

“By continuing to act as the most secretive White House in modern history, the Bush Administration has once again placed itself above the law in order to hide its abuse of our justice system from the American people,” Obama said in a written statement.

“On the first day of an Obama Administration, we will launch the most sweeping ethics reform in history to shed sunlight on the decisions made by government and put the interests of the American people at the center of every decision that’s made.”