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Government watchdog asks Senate to investigate use of ‘Secret Holds’

donal brown December 3, 2009

Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington has asked the Senate ethics committee to look into the practice of stalling or halting laws or nominations without public announcement given a 2007 law barring the practice. -DB Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Press Release December 2, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today asked the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate senators’ failure to abide by a provision

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FBI releases former Vice President Cheney’s interview on outing of CIA agent

donal brown November 3, 2009

The transcript of Dick Cheney’s FBI interview on the Valerie Plame incident was released to the public last week. Both the Bush or Obama administrations tried to keep the transcript secret. -DB Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press November 2, 2009 By Amanda Becker The FBI released documents under court order Friday that show former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recollection is fuzzy on his involvement in the exposure of an undercover CIA operative in

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Secret Service denies access to 2009 White House visitor records

donal brown October 20, 2009

After the Obama administration agreed to start releasing visitor logs starting December 31,  the watchdog group Judicial Watch was denied access to White House visitor logs from January 20 through September 15 of this year and does not understand why only these records merit protection. The Secret Service just says the records do not come from a government agency and so are not subject to the Presidential Records Act. -DB The Reporters Committee for Freedom

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