JUDGE OKs SCRUTINY OF ABRAMOFF VISITS TO WHITE HOUSE

[kpete]

JUDGE OKs SCRUTINY OF ABRAMOFF VISITS TO WHITE HOUSE
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3 Oct 2008 // WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has rejected attempts by the Bush administration to shield records that may shed light on the visits by now imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff to the White House in 2001 and 2004.

In several orders this week, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth sided with watchdog groups Judicial Watch and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, which are suing the Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security for access to the logs.

The administration in 2006 agreed to produce all responsive records about the visits "without redactions or claims of exemption." But it soon argued that the contents of certain "Sensitive Security Records," which are created in the course of conducting more extensive background checks on particular White House visitors, cannot be publicly revealed even though they could show some of Abramoff's visits.

more at:
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/34487

[wildbilln864]

1. k&r! nt

:hi:

[barbtries]

2. this is good news

it's encouraging that some things continue in the interest of justice. good to see that not every judge in the country is a bushbot.

[proud patriot]

3. Yippee !