A Different Kind of Texas AG

Who among the members of the 109th Congress still believes in informed consent of the governed? According to the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News, it's a Republican former Attorney General of Texas: "Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is emerging as a new congressional leader on freedom of information policy and openness in government." Cornyn recently penned an article [PDF] sketching out his "ambitious open government agenda" for the new session of Congress, and making several welcome commonsensical points, such as:

Any party in power is always reluctant to share information, out of an understandable (albeit ultimately unpersuasive) fear of arming its enemies and critics.

Whole Cornyn article here.

Comments

[madpad]

Might just renew my faith in the party

[Trey]

Cornyn has been better than I expected, which isn't saying much.

He is also a big supporter of Bush's immigration initiative.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2990151

Whether that's good or bad, I haven't made up my mind yet.

[Lee]

I'm not a big fan of Cornyn mostly because of the way he mishandled the Tulia problem. He refused to start an investigation as AG of Texas with a statement along the lines of "I trust our law enforcement". The Federal Government had to step in to clean up the mess he refused to handle. He was obviously wanting to avoid a big mess right before his run for Senate.

But he is sloooooooowly redeeming himself.

[thePeaNutGallery]

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), lets review, he's a senator, he's a rep, from TX, I venture to guess it just sounds good, would not expect anything good from this guy, reference above post, but being the optimist I am, fingers crossed.