Any attempt to stop the release of these records of Hillary Clinton as First Lady should be taken as evidence of malfeasance on her part, and therefore held to be a disqualifier for her as a presidential candidate.

An estimated 10,000 pages of dailyschedules fromSenator Clinton's tenure as first lady could be made public as soon as December, though Presidents Clinton and Bush could postpone the records' release, a National Archives official said yesterday.

"Our hope is to get it done by the end of the year," the acting director of the Clinton Presidential Library, Emily Robison, told The New York Sun. She stressed that she was only referring to the review and redaction of the records by archivists. Under the Presidential Records Act and an executive order issued by Mr. Bush, Mr. Clinton's representatives then have 90 days to review the records for materials that could be covered by executive privilege. After that review is complete, Mr. Bush has an unlimited amount of time to make his own privilege assertions.

It is unclear whether the disclosure of redacted versions of Mrs. Clinton's schedules will ultimately have significance for her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. However, it seems likely that Mr. Clinton's former aides will have control over the timing of the process just as the nominating contest reaches its peak early next year. The political atmosphere is sure to increase pressure on the former president not to be responsible for any delay.

Hillary Clinton can lay this all to rest right now. She needs to call for the release of the records immediately upon the completion of the archivists' work. Neither Bill Clinton nor George W. Bush can be permitted to stand in the way of full knowledge of a candidate for the office of President of the United States -- especially when it involved keeping public documents from public view without a compelling reason.

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