IN CHENEY INTERVIEW CASE, DOJ ARGUES WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS WON’T COOPERATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS
2 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. – Last night, in a lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) against the Department of Justice seeking former Vice President Cheney’s FBI interview in the Valerie Plame Wilson leak investigation, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed papers, including a declaration from Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. More»
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CREW POSTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE MISSING WHITE HOUSE EMAILS RELEASED BY ADMINISTRATION
2 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. – The White House defendants have released additional documents in CREW’s long-running lawsuit, CREW v. EOP, regarding the millions of emails that went missing from the Bush White House servers. A majority of these documents appear to be copies of documents the Bush White House gave to the House Oversight Committee several years ago. More»
DOJ FILES MEMORANDUM IN CREW'S FOIA SUIT CONTINUING CLAIM THAT CHENEY FBI INTERVIEW IN WILSON LEAK IS EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE
2 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Yesterday in CREW v. Dep’t of Justice, CREW’s lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act seeking the interview Dick Cheney gave to the FBI as part of the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson’s covert CIA identity, DOJ filed a supplemental memorandum in support of its claim that the interview and notes are exempt from disclosure in their entirety. More»
DAYS AFTER CREW COMPLAINT, S.C. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE GOV. SANFORD
1 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. - CREW is gratified to see that South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has initiated an investigation into whether Gov. Mark Sanford broke any laws in conducting his affair with a woman in Argentina. More»
CREW ASKS TREASURY AND NEC TO DISCLOSE WHO ATTENDED MEETINGS DEVELOPING FINANCIAL REGULATORY REFORM PLANS
1 Jul 2009 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent requests to the Department of the Treasury and the National Economic Council (NEC) seeking records related to development of the financial regulatory reforms recently proposed by President Obama. More»
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