White House told to detail Christian leader visits

[Echo In Light]

White House told to detail Christian leader visits
Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON - A U.S. judge ordered the Secret Service on Monday to disclose records of visits by nine prominent conservative Christian leaders to the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's residence.

The ruling, in response to a legal watchdog group's suit, could shed light on the influence leaders like James Dobson of Focus on the Family have had on President George W. Bush's administration. It may also affect legal efforts to force the release of visiting records of convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff and other similar cases.

"We think that these conservative Christian leaders have had a very big impact," said Executive Director Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed the case.

"The White House doesn't want to talk about how much influence these leaders have, and we want to talk about how much they do have," she said.

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[AndyA]

1. The last time church and state were mixed,

there were hangings of innocent people in the Town Square.

We learn nothing from the past, apparently. :eyes:

[formercia]

2. Grover Norquist

I wonder how many times that little rat-bastard has left his turds there.

[progressoid]

3. Who cares about the fundies? We already know they've been milking the fundie cow for all it's worth

I wanna see the Abramoff et.al. connections.

[patrice]

4. I want to see who visited and how often during the buildup for the Invasion of Iraq. nt

[OzarkDem]

6. Also Energy Task Force

Its not everything, but its a start.

[patrice]

7. Will we be able to see corelations between the Energy TF & the Invasion?

This should be pretty interesting stuff. Thank God for Melanie Sloan and CREW!!

[jhain]

5. Ah ha....

Wonder if Ted Hassert ever visited at the same time as Jeff Gannon??

Just saying...

This actually could be VERY interesting. If they actually DO it, of course.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I expect they will appeal this ruling and be able to drag this out at

least until Bush has left office. Don't expect to see any of this information soon.