While W speaks, he does all he can to make sure that's all the American public gets to hear, or see or read.

Rep. Henry Waxman's Committee on Government Reform just issued its latest report titled, Secrecy in the Bush Administration. The executive summary states in part,

"The Administration has supported amendments to open government laws to create new categories of protected information that can be withheld from the public. President Bush has issued an executive order sharply restricting the public release of the papers of past presidents. The Administration has expanded the authority to classify documents and dramatically increased the number of documents classified. It has used the USA Patriot Act and novel legal theories to justify secret investigations, detentions, and trials. And the Administration has engaged in litigation to contest Congress’ right to information." (emphasis mine)

This is a link to the executive summary and entire Waxman report.