White House emails show possible proof of impoper contact with Google

  As I first wrote about here, it appears as if the Obama regime was using Twitter and Facebook to contact Google in order to circumvent the Presidential Records Act. Darrell Issa has already requested an investigation into the Obama regime for what could be illegal off the official records contact with lobbyists.

  The president is required under the Presidential Record Act to report this type of contact, but by using Twitter and Facebook the Obama regime may have violated the law. The White House has already reprimanded Andrew McLaughlin for his “incidental” contact with Google, leading many to wonder if there is indeed something to this story.

  Recently released emails raise more questions about Andrew McLaughlin’s communications with Google.

new emails, which NLPC obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, show a continued pattern in which Mr. McLaughlin communicates with another apparent Google lobbyist, the leader of a Google-funded organization that lobbies in support of Google’s primary area of federal interest, and the head of a nonprofit that works closely with Google lobbyists.The topics in the email communication involve many of Google’s highest priority lobbying issues, including FTC rules on online privacy; Administration broadband policy, including Net neutrality; and intellectual property rules.

    Andrew McLaughlin is the Obama regime’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy, and as one of the heads of this group Andrew McLaughlin plays a vital role in shaping internet policy.

  As the regime debates such policies as Net Neutrality, one has to call into question why Andrew McLaughlin was in contact with Google using methods that either intentionally of unintentionally circumvented federal laws for contacting lobbyists. As the regime shapes its internet policy it seems suspect that a member of the board that helps to shape that policy would be in “secret” contact with one of the sites that could be most affected by that policy.

  Barack Obama promised the most open, honest, transparent, and ethical administration in history– it was one of his biggest campaign promises– but in light of these accusations it seems as if Barack Obama hasn’t been nearly as open, honest, transparent, or ethical as he promised he would be.

  Darrell Issa is right, it is time to open up an investigation into this matter and these emails are more proof of that. If there was no wrongdoing on behalf of the regime, and the regime is correct when they state that this contact was “incidental” they should welcome the chance to clear their name.

  We need to get to the bottom of Googlegate. If Andrew McLaughlin is truly ignorant of the law, he needs to be held accountable for he is not fit for the job assigned to him, but if he was knowingly  violating federal law, the Obama regime needs to be held accountable. Barack Obama’s word that the contact was “incidental” is not good enough.