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CREW Sues Secret Service Over Refusal to Release White House Coal Execs Visitor Logs
By Press Release
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Thursday, Jun 18, 2009

Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is filing a complaint against the Department of Homeland  Security based on the refusal of the Secret Service to provide CREW with White House visitor records under the Freedom of  Information Act (FOIA).

CREW sought records of visits by top coal executives in an effort to learn the extent to which these  individuals may have influenced the administration’s energy policy. Taking the exact same position as the Bush  administration, the Obama administration claimed the records are presidential, not agency records, and otherwise exempt in  their entirety because of the possibility in some instances they could reveal information protected by the presidential  communications privilege.

In prior litigation U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth agreed with CREW that the records are agency records that must be disclosed under the FOIA.

Read CREW's complaint, FOIA request, and the Secret Service's response.


Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington