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Oct 20th, 2006, 09:13 AM
Will Cheney, secret service, obey judge?
Judge Orders Cheney to Turn Over White House Logs
The Associated Press
Thursday 19 October 2006
Washington - A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists' White House access.
The Washington Post asked for two years of White House visitor logs in June but the Secret Service refused to process the request. Government attorneys called it "a fishing expedition into the most sensitive details of the vice presidency."
US District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina ruled Wednesday that, by the end of next week, the Secret Service must produce the records or at least identity them and justify why they are being withheld.
The newspaper sought logs for anyone visiting Cheney, his legal counsel, chief spokesman and other top aides and advisers.
The Secret Service had no comment on the ruling Thursday. In court documents, government attorneys said releasing the documents would infringe on Cheney's ability to seek advice.
Think they can stonewall 'till after the elections? I will be interesting to see.
My guess is the following people will be frequent visitors
Ahbramoff
Ralph Reed
Grover Norquist
Henry Kissinger
On a side note, does anyone know how reccent right wing convert Christopher Hitchins has reacted to the news that W is consulting Kissinger on the Iraq War? I ask because I haven't seen any, and Hitch wrote a lengthy article a few years back on the case for trying Kissinger for war crimes.
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