High court to hear arguments on Vincent Foster photos

[SilasSoule]

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/02/foster.photos.ap/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Five government investigations concluded that White House attorney Vincent Foster's death in 1993 was a suicide. But Allan Favish, a Clinton antagonist from Southern California, suspects murder and is demanding to see 10 of the police photos.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether to release those photographs, in a potentially precedent-setting case pitting the public's right to know against the Foster family's privacy. The family does not want the pictures of the body released.

The case is more than a battle over sensational evidence in the death of a high-level Clinton administration official. It represents the first time the Supreme Court has agreed to rule directly on the privacy interests of the surviving family in a Freedom of Information Act case.

The outcome could increase the government's ability to withhold information from the public and the media, said Jane Kirtley, a media ethics and law professor at the University of Minnesota who filed a brief in support of Favish.

Several media-ethics organizations have filed court papers supporting Favish's position. On the other side, Teresa Earnhardt, the widow of race car driver Dale Earnhardt who fought to keep his autopsy photographs private, has filed papers in support of the government.

Foster, 48, was found dead of a gunshot to the head in a park in Virginia, outside the nation's capital. Foster, a longtime friend of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, was handling several personal legal matters for them at the time, including their investment in the Whitewater real estate venture. A file on Whitewater was in Foster's office at the time.

[SoCalDem]

1. Whaaaaaaat??? They are STILL beating this tired horse??

Will Paula Jones be resurrected too??

[UpInArms]

4. well they did exhume

Linda Tripp last night on FAUX and she talked about her friend (sic) Monica

:puke:

this is just disgusting -

anything these sleazebags do seems to have nasty tenacles that reach into my solar plexus and make me want to :puke:

and now my keyboard requires cleaning

[dvddrone]

6. I see that skank Tripp's also risen from the dead...

and chatting with the ever-flatulent Larry King this week. She's still rafting on down Denial about what a vile human being she is and can't wait to get back to work for the Feds. I watched her for a bit, she actually believes she was a noble "whistle-blower" and has been unjustly persecuted for her goodness. She's perfect for the Bush* crowd - all bullshit, all of the time.

The compulsive Clinton hunting continues, as if he never left office. It's actually my favorite thing about both of the Clintons - the fact that to this day, the mere thought of them continues to drive the wingnuts to teeth-gnashing, hair-pulling, shrieking fits of frustrated rage.

<snicker>

Elizabeth

[54anickel]

2. Attempting to set a new precedence on the Freedom of Information Act?

Would this be the "prize"?

The outcome could increase the government's ability to withhold information from the public and the media, said Jane Kirtley, a media ethics and law professor at the University of Minnesota who filed a brief in support of Favish.

[roguevalley]

3. Let's make sure that we get the same access to Reagan's autopsy

photos when he finally kicks the bucket. If no one
is allowed the dignity of their death, let's start
at the top.

[leetrisck]

5. You know the Court just yesterday

refused to release Dale Earnhardt's autopsy pictures. Is there any earthly reason for this to have gone on like this or the Court to even take it - other than the Clinton hating.

[candy331]

7. This is to damage

Hillary and get rid of the Clintons for good.