judge tell us know years obama administration lie like rug cover agenda third time judge slap obama white house lack transparency liars funny thing judge say trouble lie mislead court yes 0the white house show bad faith handle open-records request global warm data federal court rule monday issue yet another sting rebuke administration show lack transparency.for president obama vow run transparent government u.s. history judge amit p. mehta rule grant legal discovery open-records case third time year judge order discovery embarrass black eye.in recent case competitive enterprise institute try force white house office science technology policy release document back director john c. holdren find global warm make winter cold claim dispute climate scientists mr. holdren staffers first claim find many document try hide release say internal similar already public.but claim turn true point government inconsistent representations scope completeness search must give way truth-seeking function adversarial process include tool available discovery case cross threshold judge wrote.discovery consider exceedingly rare freedom information act case government give benefit doubt claim try search release document three case far year judge say call obama administration efforts question find severe oversights suggest bad faith case involve state department handle former secretary hillary clinton emails.in ostp case conservative activists try get look agency director john p. holdren come conclusion global warm cause severe winter find scientists generally dispute.the ostp repeatedly botch efforts search produce chain work mr. holdren conclusions initially office say find 11 page document none include draft director final conclusions late office admit find 47 page draft try withhold claim protect release see within administration impressions turn mistake judge mehta said.ostp say 52 total page draft one person outside administration saw draft document similar ostp already produce three impressions also turn mistake judge mehta write add footnote trouble government statements mislead court.read wt judge rule obama white house show bad faith global-warming case