Andrea Seastrand: “they say that nothing ever stays the same, and I suppose that applies even to Bill Clinton's beliefs about how personal…”

“they say that nothing ever stays the same, and I suppose that applies even to Bill Clinton's beliefs about how personal FBI personnel records are. When the American public was concerned in 1992 about Governor Clinton's military record, or lack thereof, the Washington Times filed a Freedom of Information request to check on discrepancies between Clinton campaign statements and his letters to ROTC officials. At that time, the Clinton campaign said ``It's a personal file. He's not going to [release the records]. [Clinton] just doesn't have to disclose every shred of his personal life, and the American people don't expect him to.'' Apparently, Clinton did not expect that same sort of privacy for other citizens. He has raided the personal files of Reagan and Bush political appointees, yet it was only a bureaucratic mistake. A misplaced paper or misfiled form may be a bureaucratic mistake, but the personal files of over 300 people? Clinton once thought those 300 files were personal. The American people, and the people whose privacy were violated by this administration deserve an explanation.”