So much for that smooth transition: DOJ blocks Obama transition team from reviewing wiretap, torture documents

By GottaLaff

Via Think Progress:

According to the Blog of Legal Times, the Justice Department is blocking President-elect Obama’s agency review team’s request “to review classified legal opinions related to secret CIA and National Security Agency programs.” Included in these documents are the “legal rationale of the NSA’s warrantless spying program and the CIA’s detention and interrogation policies, among other intelligence initiatives.” According to a senior Justice Department official, they are “reluctant to provide the opinions to Obama’s team without permission from the two intelligence agencies whose activities they address.” (HT: Daily Kos and Talk Left)

So much for those promises of cooperation.

US President George Bush today publicly congratulated Barack Obama on his historic victory and vowed "complete co-operation" as the first black US president moves into the White House. [...]

"I told the President-elect he can count on complete co-operation from my Administration as he makes the transition to the White House," said the outgoing President, whose second four-year term ends on January 20.

True to form.