Letters, They Get Letters

IN the WaPo:

America's Web Site

In his July 18 In the Loop column, Al Kamen says, "The White House wouldn't give permission to use the photo focusing on two cuff-linked forearms editing a speech draft."

Since when does an American newspaper need the permission of the White House to reproduce information on the White House Web site? The White House Web site is paid for by the American public. Everything that is published there is the property of the American public, and the White House should have no right to prevent its republication.

I cannot believe the same newspaper that fought the Nixon White House over Watergate and the Pentagon Papers would back down over something like this.

-- Kevin Golden