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Watchdog Group Disputes FBI's Claims on E-Mails
washingtonpost.com ^
| oct 6, 2006
| Dan Eggen
Posted on 10/05/2006 8:19:20 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.
Law enforcement officials said the allegations by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) are without merit, and they stood by allegations that the group had refused to provide some information to the FBI.
The dispute is the latest controversy this week for CREW, a liberal-leaning group that has come under attack from House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republicans because it has received money from a foundation funded by liberal financier George Soros.
CREW held a news conference Monday to announce that in July it had provided the FBI suspicious e-mails between Foley and a former House page. The group criticized the bureau for not taking more aggressive action and asked Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine to investigate the FBI's handling of the case.
Law enforcement officials said then that the e-mails did not provide enough evidence of a possible crime to warrant a full investigation. In the e-mails, Foley praises the physical attributes of one page and asks another teenager for his picture.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 200604; 200607; biden; conures; conyers; crew; crewgate; daneggen; fbi; fine; foley; foleygate; georgesoros; glennafine; glennfine; hastert; pervs; powerghraib; soros
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To: blogblogginaway
"In subsequent days, unidentified Justice and FBI officials told reporters that the e-mails provided by CREW were heavily redacted and that the group refused to provide unedited versions to the FBI. One law enforcement official -- speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation -- also told The Washington Post the FBI believed that CREW may have received the e-mails as early as April and that the group refused to tell the FBI how they were obtained."
To: blogblogginaway
Let the he said / she said games begin!
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:26:58 PM PDT
by
Kuksool
(Design your Own Polls. Go Vote and Take a Few Others With You)
To: blogblogginaway
Where the emails written with crayons?
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:27:27 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: blogblogginaway
it had provided the FBI suspicious e-mails between Foley and a former House page.
Were these emails complete with headers? If not, they are worthless.
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:27:32 PM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: blogblogginaway
Wheels flying off in all directions. The rat re-election bus is sliding on its side into Pick-Your-Part.
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:28:25 PM PDT
by
telebob
To: blogblogginaway
"In subsequent days, unidentified Justice and FBI officials told reporters that the e-mails provided by CREW were heavily redacted and that the group refused to provide unedited versions to the FBI. One law enforcement official -- speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation -- also told The Washington Post the FBI believed that CREW may have received the e-mails as early as April and that the group refused to tell the FBI how they were obtained." WTF, how can't the refuse to cooperate with the FBI?
To: Echo Talon
errr..
WTF, how can they refuse to cooperate with the FBI?
To: blogblogginaway
Fake but accurate.
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:31:04 PM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: blogblogginaway
Yeah, that's the way, call the FBI "LIARS".
Bwhahahahahaha.
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:31:09 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: blogblogginaway
White House e-mail administrator says he never told Clinton about missing messages
From CNN Producer Ted Barrett at U.S. District Court
August 23, 2000
Web posted at: 6:29 p.m. EDT (2229 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Clinton administration official who oversees the troubled White House e-mail system testified Wednesday he never told President Clinton about the computer problem that prevented thousands of White House e-mails from being properly stored and archived.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/08/23/wh.email/
To: blogblogginaway
"liberal-leaning group" my a**! The compost is running on full spin cycle here. LOL!
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:31:56 PM PDT
by
batter
("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: Samwise
Looks like CREW will be needing a lifeboat soon.
To: blogblogginaway
George Soros
And the center of the whole scheme has finally been revealed. Peel the onion, and what do you find?
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:32:21 PM PDT
by
phoenix0468
(http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
To: blogblogginaway
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:32:51 PM PDT
by
Socratic
( "Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied" - J.S. Mill)
To: telebob
The rat re-election bus is sliding on its side into Pick-Your-Part.I think I found it!
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:36:46 PM PDT
by
batter
("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: Echo Talon
Arrest Soros for obstruction. Problem solved.
To: YdontUleaveLibs
someone should be arrested, not cooperating with an ongoing investigaton? hmmm
To: soccer8
"I think I found it!" That's it! Time to strip 'er down!
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:38:10 PM PDT
by
telebob
To: blogblogginaway
CREW is most likely responsible for the website, stopsexpredators.com.
It is coming out of John Conyers district.
http://ace.mu.nu/
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posted on
10/05/2006 8:38:57 PM PDT
by
JRochelle
(You can believe what you want, but you can't have your own facts!)
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