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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday set back the White House’s efforts to keep the names of its visitors secret.
The three-member panel of judges threw out the government’s appeal in a case brought by a watchdog group trying to find out how often prominent religious conservatives visited the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney’s residence.
Despite the ruling, public disclosure of visitor logs is by no means assured. The Bush administration can still raise a variety of legal arguments in an attempt to keep the identities of White House visitors secret.
