(2020-0804-F Segment 1) Dick Morris

510 assets

This collection contains press accounts, press briefings, new articles and transcripts concerning Dick Morris. There are also pager confirmation messages concerning Dick Morris. Pager confirmation messages confirm pager messages with text. In addition, there are schedules and messages concerning meetings between members of the White House Political Affairs Office.

The materials in FOIA 2020-0804-F Segment 1 are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. This FOIA case consists of electronic mail messages concerning political consultant Dick Morris. Dick Morris served as a political consultant for Bill Clinton as early as 1978. President Clinton fired Morris after winning the Arkansas Governorship, but after losing his bid for a second term to Frank White, Clinton called on Morris to win back the position in 1982. Though Morris was not involved in Clinton’s 1992 campaign, President Clinton called on Morris following the 1994 “Republican sweep of both houses of Congress.1 ” Morris was widely credited with coining the term for the Clinton Gore 96 election strategy, “Triangulation.” Triangulation placed President Clinton in the center, above both the Republican Party and Democrat Party concerning political issues. Dick Morris resigned from the White House in August of 1996. 1 Peter B. Levy, Encyclopedia of the Clinton Presidency (Westport Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002) 250. This collection contains press accounts, press briefings, new articles and transcripts concerning Dick Morris. There are also pager confirmation messages concerning Dick Morris. Pager confirmation messages confirm pager messages with text. In addition, there are schedules and messages concerning meetings between members of the White House Political Affairs Office.

Electronic Records

Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas— Clinton Presidential Records: (SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] The Executive Office of the President (EOP) subsystem of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Clinton Administration officials. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivist, 2024. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.

The following is a list of Search and Access Sets processed in response to FOIA 2020-0804-F Seg 1:
Clinton Presidential Records: EOP ERA Search and Access Sets (SAS)
(SAS) Automated Records Management System [Email] contains: 510 assets.