CREW FOIAs White House Contacts with Swift Boat Veterans Group

[Nambe]

US Newswire

Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) with the White House asking it to detail its contacts with individuals connected to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT). ..

CREW's executive director Melanie Sloan stated "Despite evidence to the contrary, the Bush Administration has repeatedly claimed that it has nothing to do with SBVT or its ads. If this is true, then the White House should have no qualms about releasing information regarding any contacts between White House officials and those connected with SBVT."

Sloan decided to send the FOIA after reading that, upon being asked whether she had worked with White House officials, SBVT public relations coordinator Merrie Spaeth said "The answer is 'no' unless you refresh my memory." (NYT 8/20/04). Sloan said that she was also skeptical of Bush political advisor Karl Rove's claim that he has not spoken with his friend and large Republican donor Bob Perry in over a year. The FOIA was sent, said Sloan, "to gather the information Ms. Spaeth, Karl Rove and others may need to have their memories refreshed as to whether or not SBVT illegally coordinated with the White House."

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[soothsayer]

1. bwa ha ha ha! That's an intersting answer from Spaeth....

Kinda' begs this response.

[leftchick]

5. "interesting"?... uh no....

I find her answer dripping with the arrogance this crew gets away with daily and it PISSES me Off!! :grr:

[myrna minx]

2. Let me guess, it will be a matter of 'national security'

not to release those records. :eyes:

[Rose Siding]

10. Since they can classify virtually anything

yes

[stevedeshazer]

3. Excellent

But here's what they'll get from the White House...

[Zorra]

4. "I don't recall"........

"unless you can prove it."

[Dudley_DUright]

8. That was the most ridiculous quote I have ever heard

Upon being asked whether she had worked with White House officials, SBVT public relations coordinator Merrie Spaeth said "The answer is 'no' unless you refresh my memory." (NYT 8/20/04). :crazy:

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=35123

[MallRat]

6. Hmmm... is this Oliphant's bombshell?

It all matters how much play it gets on the nightly news.

-MR

[whalerider55]

11. For What It's Worth...

MR-

i still don't see where Oliphant is dangling a bombshell out there in his sunday column, much as i wish it so. i assume you're from NE, as I am, so you know that Kerry can be a lethal debater and can break from the pack when the game is on the line, but i just don't see a demo bombshell happening, nor do i think Oliphant suggested one.

i think he was saying watch kerry and buckle your seatbelt; that his SOP is enough to pull the rug out in the end run.

hope i'm way wrong.
wicked wrong.
whalerider55

[progressivebydesign]

7. Well. then there's that Ken Cordier thing... but.. other than that..

no contact. Yeah right.

[Inland]

9. "Unless you refresh my memory" means if you already know the contacts

I'll admit them. If not, I deny them. Typical Bushite approach of denying everything until caught, and then only admitting the particular. Everything you hear about Bush, his administration and campaign is guaranteed the tip of the iceberg.