Response to CREW FOIA on Abramoff Scandal Inadequate

[texpatriot2004]

CREW Sues Indian Gaming Commission Over Docs; NIGC Response to CREW FOIA on Abramoff Scandal Patently Inadequate, Group Says

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55198

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a brief this week in a lawsuit CREW brought against the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) in the District Court for the District of Columbia. CREW's suit is based on the NIGC's failure to adequately respond to CREW's Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA). CREW filed the FOIA after learning that Members of Congress, lobbyists and Christian activists were working with Jack Abramoff to benefit certain Indian casinos at the expense of other Indian tribes. Indian casinos fall under NIGC's jurisdiction.

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Melanie Sloan, CREW's executive director, said, "The NIGC is either running a lackluster investigation or illegally withholding documents, or both. Regardless, the American public deserves to know what NIGC's dealings were with these officials, including now-indicted former GSA Chief of Staff David Safavian and former Majority Leader Tom DeLay." Sloan continued, "We will not sit by and allow the Administration to ignore the law and their responsibilities to the public. We will fight to learn the extent of Jack Abramoff's influence in Congress and the Administration."

[WhiteTara]

1. kick

we certainly do need to remove the crooks from the government.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Thanks for the kick and yes we certainly do. n.t

[hang a left]

3. It pisses me off the way they think that the public is not entitled

to information. Recommended.

[Carla in Ca]

4. CREW is great!

They are always on the case when it comes to the lies of this administration.
I'm also sick and tired of all the secrecy, stalling or downright redacting and tweaking that goes on with this WH. But when it serves their purpose, they don't hesitate to make something public. Like *'s radio address last week when he read parts of a letter that "we intercepted and made public". And the letter has since been deemed a fake!

O-U-T with the lot of them, I say!

[texpatriot2004]

6. CREW is really great. nm

[texpatriot2004]

5. Me too. Arrogant evil bastards.nm

[ngGale]

7. Abramoff needs to go down...

he's going to take many with him. Good for CREW.

[slay]

8. Big time

Funny how "conservative christians" are always involved in one scandal or another.