FBI releases SMALL part of VP's FBI records requested by SF blogger

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FBI releases small part of Vice President's FBI records

Won't release any of Cheney's FBI security reviews
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has refused to turn over 89 percent of Vice President Dick Cheney's FBI records in response to a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act. The bureau has released 112 of 1061 pages reviewed after a two-year investigation following a request by San Francisco blogger Michael Petrelis, who filed the request prior to the 2004 election. Portions of nearly all pages released have been redacted.

The release does not foreclose the possibility that the FBI may turn over more files in the future. But it remains striking -- an aide to the FBI Freedom of Information Act office told RAW STORY in February that 783 pages had been approved for release; it appears that many of the pages were blocked from release by the department's declassification office, which is required to review all of the pages before releasing them (Read our February article here).

As a whole, the documents released do not shed substantial light on the workings of government or of Cheney's dealings with security and the law. The first of the files relate to Cheney's FBI field review when he was appointed to serve in the Nixon White House. The request, made by Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman, was filed Aug. 28, 1969. Ehrlichman later became famous for his creation of the "Plumbers," the group at the center of the Nixon Watergate scandal. The Nixon adviser resigned in 1973 and served 18 months in prison for obstruction of justice.

The FBI declined to release the results of any of the Vice President's FBI field reviews, conducted repeatedly since 1969 for various federal appointments under several Republican Administrations. The records show that such investigations occurred in 1969, 1974 and 1989.

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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/FBI_releases_small_part_of_Vice_0606.html

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thank you guys for the heads up on the title change
:hi:

[Jigarotta]

1. is there any story there or just the headline you pasted? nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Headline has changed! (and it's just a headline for now)

FBI WITTHOLDS 89 PERCENT OF
CHENEY FBI RECORDS, RELEASING
SOME TO RAW STORY: SOON...

AAGGGHH! Proofread, People!

[benburch]

3. Now it says...

FBI WITTHOLDS 89 PERCENT OF
CHENEY FBI RECORDS, RELEASING
SOME TO RAW STORY: SOON...


I think they are still poring over the documents they received...

[Patsy Stone]

4. Which files are these?

Are they Fitz/Libby related?

[spuddonna]

5. FBI files on Cheney - relating to what?

Why does the FBI have files on Cheney? It's obviously not about the shooting... is it? lol! Or could it be the Energy Committee? Or... what? Illegal no-bid Halliburton contracts? JMJ, there's so many things they've done wrong!

Watch, all we'll find out about Cheney was that his 60's flower child name was "Derrick" and that he liked to roll his own joints. :crazy: