CREW Reveals What the White House Has Not Released about the Abramoff Secr

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CREW Reveals What the White House Has Not Released about the Abramoff Secret Service Records
Many More Abramoff-Related Visits Took Place Than Have Been Disclosed

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In settlement discussions with the Secret Service, CREW learned that the full body of visitor records shows that Norquist visited the White House far more than the 97 visits disclosed yesterday. The full complement of Secret Service records, including those the Secret Service destroyed (but which are still with the White House), shows that Norquist visited the White House a minimum of 155 times, Similarly, rather than the mere 18 meetings revealed yesterday, Reed visited the White House on at least 49 separate occasions.

The Secret Service is now arguing that the records are not the agency’s to provide. This flatly contradicts the position taken by the agency during the Clinton administration, when the Secret Service provided such records to Judicial Watch in litigation over Filegate. CREW will continue to litigate until the Secret Service explains what records have been destroyed as well as why and at whose direction they were destroyed.

[stepnw1f]

1. Oh... That's Just Beautiful Isn't It?

I love Fridays....

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Wait! Don't call the Secret Service fucking liars...yet!

They're waiting for a bill to pass in a House committee that will make it retroactive for the records to be out of their purview.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. But filegate was DIFFERENT! This is NOTHING like that!

Filegate, travelgate, skankgate, those were all PRESSING issues of PROFOUND national concern!
:sarcasm: (Allow me to express my deep regrets that this icon is so necessary.)

BTW -- when do we get to "namegate" this? 'Cause if we're waiting on the Money$treamMedia, it could be a long wait.

[druidity33]

4. K&R...

More people should see this. Thanks for the headsup!

a belated welcome to DU!

:)