was, this year was about transparency. people do care and no, president obama hasn t been the most transparent. just ask the washington post who called this one of the most secretive administrations of all time. who said they took punitive actions against journalists including by the way this network s james rosen and new york times reporters as well. so this is pretty universally mocked, not just by republicans and conserve activitieses but by mainstream, liberal-leaning outlets. patti ann: josh earnest made the same comment back in august, you may recall. he was responding to a column speaking of hillary clinton, that said that if hillary were elected, quote, her administration would continue the administration being more secretive than the one before it. the obama white house has achieved just that with its abysmal record on fulfilling freedom of information act requests and record of prosecuting whistle blowers who have shared national security information with the press. brad,