The Daily Background

Just a little while ago, I wrote that the New York Times was suing the Department of Defense for failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to disclose documents related to the government’s unconstitutional NSA wiretapping program.

Well, now word comes (via ThinkProgress) that a group called Judicial Watch is sueing the Secret Service for White House visitor logs, which contain information about corrupt former mega-lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s visits to the White House. Associated Press reports:

A public-interest group has sued the Secret Service for access to White House visitor logs that the group says would show how often lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with President Bush and his staff.

Judicial Watch filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington under the federal Freedom of Information Act, claiming that the Secret Service failed to meet a Feb. 21 deadline for releasing the records or indicating how much more time it would need.

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Lobbying records obtained by the AP show his lobbying team met nearly 200 times with administration officials during the first 10 months of Bush’s presidency on behalf of one of his clients, the Northern Mariana Islands.

Full article here.

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