# Perspective on Obama admin actions re: Bush WH e-mail case?

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**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perspective-on-obama-admin-actions-re-bush-wh-e-mail-case/487169 "2009-02-24T05:20:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perspective-on-obama-admin-actions-re-bush-wh-e-mail-case/487169/1 "2009-02-24T05:20:32Z")

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[According to this article,](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090221/D96G5E9G0.html) the new Obama Justice Department is also fighting a lawsuit to recover Bush era White House e-mails.

There may very well be some good legal reason for this, or precedent to prevent, but right now, Obama’s opponents are using this as a club: “Change, my ass!” “See? See? Bush wasn’t so bad! You liberals went insane when he tried this!” “Media bias! Media bias!”

So I thought I’d get some more information on this issue. What are the basic principles here? And which side is more “right”?