AP CEO says elections may help a push for open government

As part of a Sunshine Week speech, Associated Press President and CEO, Tom Curley, said the news media shuold press the presidential candidates on whether their administration would enforce "the spirit as well as the letter of the law," protecting the public's right to know.
Editor & Publisher's story on the speech says Curley stated the presidential election provides a good opportunity to press for open government policies
"Secrecy is one of the handiest tools for government that wants to be accountable only to itself regardless of the spirit of any law.
"We need to ask the candidates — at every opportunity until we have a clear answer — whether they are willing to appoint an attorney general willing to follow the spirit as well as the letter of the law that protects the people's right to know what their government is doing."
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