Group (Judicial Watch) sues for access to Hillary’s White House records

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>

ignore it and invoke executive privilege

:thumbsup:

does stuff like this we know that the republicans have started their swiftboating against Hillary.

Maybe they have a right to her records who knows. But with all the corruption and crookedness of Rudi (the fireman ought to know) Romney, Thompson (hell look at his senate record with the lobbyist he is connected to) and all the rest of the republican candidates, why pick on Hillary. She has been under attack from the right for 15 years, haven't they run thru all the stuff they can think of by now.

And if Obama or Edwards were the front runners, what you want to bet they would bend over back wards with their nose up bush's ass trying to find something negative on them, while letting the right run scott free. Shame calling them self bi-partisan.

Another Judicial Watch attack on the Clintons. This is just part of the plan to scare Americans away from electing Hillary ... "If you elect Clinton, it'll be non-stop 24/7/365 attacks, investigations, smears ... just like during Bill's term."

imo the fact that groups like this hate the Clinton's so deeply is the best endorsement they could possibly get. :)

* Suing the town of Herndon, Virginia to stop a "day laborer" program on the grounds that it may provide employment for illegal aliens.

* Suing the U.S. Senate to disallow the filibuster in their debates over confirmation of judicial nominees, coinciding with proposed efforts by Republican Senate leaders to internally do the same thing.

* Initiating a request to the Naval Inspector General for an investigation into the "legitimacy and propriety" of the awards John Kerry received for his service in Vietnam.

* Condemning as "murder" the death of Terri Schiavo, who lived for 15 years in a diagnosed persistent vegetative state and whose husband wished to allow to die. Her parents wished that she be kept on life support, and were joined in their pursuits by prominent Republicans.

hmm ... why don't they press the issue of Cheney's 2/2001 meeting guest list?

In other words, if Bush/Cheney open their books and records I will open mine. We know who Judicial Watch is... Hillary and Bill have got to be prepared for this sort of trashing by them.

Judicial watch has it in for her and for Bill, and these "lawsuits" are all we're hear about the entire campaign instead of the issues.

TC