Group (Judicial Watch) sues for access to Hillary’s White House records [View All]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/group-seeks-access-to-hillarys-white-house-records-2007-07-18.html

Group seeks access to Hillary’s White House records
By Klaus Marre
July 18, 2007

The watchdog group Judicial Watch revealed Wednesday that it is suing for access to documents from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) time as first lady.

The documents include Clinton’s daily office diary, her telephone logbook and her schedule.

More than a year ago, the group filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, which operated the Clinton Presidential Library records, but did not get access to the documents.

“This lawsuit is a first step in obtaining access to new documents about Hillary Clinton’s role in the Clinton White House,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “With Hillary Clinton aggressively pursuing the presidency, uncovering the truth about her activities in the White House is just as relevant today as it was during the Clinton era.”

The group filed its lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

“Given Mrs. Clinton’s current status as a presidential candidate, if not the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s nomination, the public interest in her tenure as First Lady is undeniable,” the lawsuit stated. “Because Mrs. Clinton seeks our nation’s highest office and may well be the next President of the United States, the public interest weighs heavily in favor of enjoining the Library from continuing to withhold the records at issue.”

From wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch

Judicial Watch is an American government watchdog organization founded in 1994.<1> The group uses litigation as its primary tool and came to public attention after filing eighteen lawsuits against the administration of Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton and figures in the Clinton administration. The organization was the first to expose John Huang's illegal fund-raising activities relating to the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy (also known as Chinagate).<2>

They have also received a great deal of funding from Clinton critics, including $7.74 million from conservative anti-Clinton billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.<3> This led Clinton administration officials to accuse them of "abusing the judicial system for partisan ends".<4>

More recently, Judicial Watch has also sued the George W. Bush administration for access to minutes of Vice President Cheney's Energy Task Force<5> and has also sued the Secret Service to force the release of logs detailing corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff's visits to the White House.<6>