Atheist Group Files FOIA Action to Force White House Disclosure of “Dobson

[NVMojo]

October 10, 2005 (click on title link at top of page)

An Atheist civil rights group announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to force the release of any documents and other records released by White House senior advisor Karl Rove to James Dobson and other evangelical leaders in an effort to boost support for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

Last week, Dobson – head of the “Focus on the Family” group – boasted that he was “privy” to “confidential” information that led him to support the Miers nomination, and that the insider information originated with administration operative Karl Rove. Rove is already the subject of a federal grand jury probe in another matter for his alleged leaking of the identity of a CIA agent.

Attorney Edwin Kagin filed the FOIA request on behalf of American Atheists. Kagin noted that ordinarily the president and the White House staff are exempt from FOIA actions. “By providing ‘confidential’ information to someone like Dobson, the White House has surrendered its executive privilege, and cannot hide behind a FOIA exemption to conceal this information from Congress and the American people,” said Kagin.


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[DemInDistress]

thats good news...way to go atheists

to hear,more possible legal trouble for the Bush Crime Family...

[DemInDistress]

1. thats good news...way to go atheists

to hear,more possible legal trouble for the Bush Crime Family...

edited for:itchy finger/dupe

[Why Syzygy]

2. You better believe they are not EXEMPT!

In this case. Turn it over Karl. All of it.

[McKenzie]

3. oh boy, this is getting really interesting

everything that's coming out points to collusion and possibly conspiracy. Question is, how many senior people within the administration knew what was going on? Seems logical to expect that Bush would be privy to the much of the information that's been revealed over the last few days. I can't believe that policy initiatives central to the overall governance of the country were implemented without his knowledge.

The info' you have posted fits with the wider agenda of the neocons so it can't be put down to a rogue element within the adminstration. So who knew about this? Who indeed?

It could be that the old maxim of "no honour amongst thieves" will kick in as they all start trying to save themselves.

[MADem]

4. Looks like Dobbie's little radio address ain't gonna make his problems go

away!!!

[fasttense]

5. Well it's about time

It's about time the Atheists did more than object to the words "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. I mean what with the funding of religious schools, christian charities and rebuilding of churches with our tax dollars, I'm surprised they haven't filed suit for violation of the constitution.

But they weren't a particularly organized group anymore. They didn't need to be because they had pretty well met their goals, that is until the Supremes selected our President for us. Nice to see the brush administration has forced yet another group to organize and take action against him and his illegal methods. Brush keeps this up, and thousands more will get organized to fight his crimes. So in a way he is a uniter. People unite to fight him.