So, a federal fudge, and a Reagan Appointee at that, has ruled that White House visitor logs are public records subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

Basically, the White House claim that maybe, if terrorists take this data, and some other data, and some pixie dust, they could use it for an attack, was dismissed.

The Bush Admin had transferred the records to the White House in an attempt to claim privilidge, but, “But U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled logs from the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s residence remain Secret Service documents and are subject to public records requests.”

BTW, one of the kickers is that there is a similar suit before U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, who Bush appointed, but they decided to consolidate it before Lamberth, despite the fact that Collyer had the older suit, which normally would take precedence.

I think that the judges just told Bush to politely pound sand.