ASSOCIATED PRESS: COURT ORDER SOUGHT IN E-MAIL CONTROVERSY
A private group told a federal court Thursday the Bush administration made apparently false and misleading statements in court about the White House e-mail controversy.
The group asked the judge to demand an explanation regarding alleged inconsistencies between testimony at a congressional hearing last week and what the White House told a federal court in January.
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CREW STATEMENT ON CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF SENATOR JOHN McCAIN OVER BOEING DEAL
Washington, DC - According to a New York Times story today, Democratic members of Congress this week have been critical of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) over his successful efforts to end a wasteful deal with Boeing years ago.
Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the following statement in support of Sen. McCain.
DELAY IN ETHICS OFFICE MAY AFFECT OUTCOME OF 2008 ELECTION
Iit was reported that once again the House independent ethics office legislation will not be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives. While Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) does not support the current legislation – without subpoena power or the ability to field complaints from outsiders it is simply a new layer of bureaucracy – the endless delay in addressing the abominable, unethical activities in the House is at the very least disheartening. More»
THE WASHINGTON POST: DHS STRAINS AS GOALS, MANDATES GO UNMET
Stumping for President Bush's ill-fated immigration overhaul in 2006, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff vowed that his department would wrest "operational control" of the nation's borders away from human and drug traffickers within five years.
That projection was based on the prospect of tough new enforcement measures as well as a temporary-worker program meant to stanch the flow of illegal immigrants, including the most ambitious use of surveillance technology ever tried on the U.S.-Mexico border. More»
CREW FILES FOIA REQUESTS WITH THE DoD SEEKING INFORMATION REGARDING $74 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED TO SIOUX MANUFACTURING
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with several components the Department of Defense, seeking documents relating to Sioux Manufacturing Corporation.
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