NATIONAL SECURITY/OBAMA/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump Administration will not disclose logs of those who visit the White House complex, breaking with his predecessor, the White House announced Friday [4-14-17].
The decision, after nearly three months of speculation about the fate of the records, marks a dramatic from the Obama Administration’s voluntary disclosure of more than 6 million records during his presidency. The U.S. Secret Service maintains the logs, formally known as the Workers and Visitors Entry System, for the purpose of determining who can access to the 18-acre complex.
White House communications director Michael Dubke said the decision to reverse the Obama-era policy was due to ‘the grave national security risks and privacy concerns of the hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.’ Instead, the Trump Administration is relying on a federal court ruling that most of the logs are ‘presidential records’ and are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act.”
-Zeke J Miller, “The White House Will Keep Its Visitor Logs Secret,” TIME Magazine, April 14, 2017 1:00pm