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LITTLE ROCK -- Starting Friday, many of former President Bill Clinton's records become subject to the federal Freedom of Information Act, the law that allows citizens to see public records. Officials at the Clinton Library expect many requests for access to some of the 80 million pages of presidential papers and 20 million e-mails stored at the library.

Laura L. Callahan was very proud of her Ph.D. When she received it a few years ago, she promptly rewrote her official biography to highlight the academic accomplishment, referring to it not once or twice but nine times in a single-page summary of her career. And she never let her employees at the Labor Department, where she served as deputy chief information officer, forget it, even demanding that they call her “Doctor.” Callahan’s management style had always been heavy-handed. Once, while working in a previous supervisory role at the Clinton White House, she reportedly warned computer workers to keep quiet...

Clinton e-mail notes saved--both of them January 27, 2004 LITTLE ROCK -- The archives of Bill Clinton's presidential library will contain about 40 million e-mail notes by the former president's staff--and two by the man himself. "The only two he sent," Skip Rutherford, president of the Clinton Presidential Foundation, which is raising money for the library, said Monday. One of them may not actually qualify because it was a test to see if Clinton knew how to push the button for e-mail.

The archives of the Bill Clinton presidential library will contain 39,999,998 e-mails by the former president's staff and two by the man himself. "The only two he sent," Skip Rutherford, president of the Clinton Presidential Foundation, which is raising money for the library, said Monday. One of them may not actually qualify for electronic communication because it was a test to see if the commander in chief knew how to push the button on an e-mail. Former Ohio Sen. John Glenn has the distinction of being the first American to orbit the Earth and the only person to receive an...

WASHINGTON – Though the Homeland Security Department has not terminated a high-ranking department official accused of resume fraud, sources say she's been denied the security clearance she needs to perform her job. Laura Callahan, the department's deputy chief information officer, was placed on paid leave in June while officials investigate her academic credentials. The advanced degrees she lists on her resume are from a diploma mill. Callahan's assistant, Jim Shepard, says she is still out on leave and has not been fired. However, sources say she was denied Top Secret clearance and is appealing the decision. Callahan's lawyer did not...