Posted on 11/16/2001 1:20:14 PM PST by Rebeckie
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COURT ASKED TO SANCTION BUSH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR OBSTRUCTIONIST CONDUCT IN WEN HO LEE CASE
Repeated Obstructions In Defamation Case Against Accused Spy Wen Ho Lee
Contrary to Court Rulings, Bush Justice Lawyers Refuse to Make Witnesses, Documents Available
(Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest law firm that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, filed today a motion for sanctions against Bush Justice Department lawyers for obstructing discovery in a defamation case against accused spy and admitted felon Wen Ho Lee. Judicial Watch represents Notra Trulock, the former chief of the Energy Department’s intelligence operations, in his defamation claim against Lee and others for falsely accusing Trulock of racial bias in requesting that Lee’s actions be investigated.The case is before a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
(A government inquiry, the results of which are known as the Bellows Report, found no racial bias. Over government objections, the Bellows Report was ordered released this past September by the court in this case.)
As but one example of the Justice Department’s obstructionist conduct, despite knowing since June that Reno would have to testify in this case, Justice Department lawyers waited until a little over a day before the Reno’s testimony was to take place before deciding that Reno would not be made available for testimony. Reno’s testimony was scheduled for last week. In the meantime, as former FBI Director Louis Freeh himself literally runs from Judicial Watch process servers, the Justice Department, contrary to any rule or law, has unilaterally said Freeh can not give testimony in this case. (If they testify truthfully, both Freeh and Reno are expected to provide helpful testimony for Trulock, by affirming that the government investigations of Lee were not racially motivated.)
“As with the Clinton Justice Department, there are many in the Bush Justice Department who believe they are above the law. We hope a federal judge will remind them otherwise,” said Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel.
A copy of the Judicial Watch motion for sanctions is available at http://www.judicialwatch.org/cases/trulockmtc.htm.
I used to support this organization, then I grew up. Soundbytes and dollar bills.....that is the REAL goal of JW. How does his agenda differ from Clinton and company? Same game....different name. Please peddle this crap elsewhere. My manure quotient has been exceeded.
This is a very poor argument. It is not Larry's fault that Bill and Hill are not in prison where they belong.
The Various law enforcement and Governmental agencies have always refused to truly and honestly prosecute them regardless of the crimes that they have committed. Even the impeachment was a mockery to the judicial system.
No matter what evidence an attorney comes up with if the powers at be refused to allow it, do not acknowledge it as evidence, or just refuse to look at it, then the case becomes null and void.
Larry has brought to the countries attention more clinton corruption than any other agency including the federal government. If the feds had wanted to put them away they would have been put away but, they did not. The Ideas of truth, justice, right, and wrong played no part in the governments legal relationship to the clintons.
Change that to SELF-INTEREST law firm!
[It would only be Breaking News if Judicial Watch won one. Until that happens, its all talk.]
Geez another uselss JUDICAL WATCH IS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU crap! Hey Larry, if you PUBIC law firm investigates and prosecutes government corruption, why are Hitlery and Bill still walking around?
Two Words------JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
That may be true now but it certainly wasn't true during the Clinton administration when he investigated Chinagate, Filegate, Emailgate and the death of Ron Brown. Much of what we know about those cases is due to Klayman. At least give him credit for that, regardless of what his behavior suggests now. And frankly, I'd like to know why the Bush adminstration, during their first 8 months in office, made no move to follow up on what was learned about the criminality of the Clinton administration and DNC. And why was nothing done about the Riady non-refund, a fact that was learned during the Bush adminstration's control of the DOJ?
Oh get off it. Klayman is a piker compared to Clinton and whether you choose to admit it or not, much of what we learned about the Clinton illegalities was learned because of the work Klayman did. At least admit that whether you choose to continue supporting him or not. Then ask yourself why there has been no indication that the Bush administration is following up on that Clinton/DNC criminality now that the GOP controls the DOJ, FBI, etc?
And in the matters of Chinagate, Filegate, Emailgate, the death of Brown, the death of Foster and the Riady non-refund ... neither has Ashcroft.
Suppose, JW wins this suit. What is the net effect ? Lee pays money to Trulock. Big deal. Why not try something more effective like looking into election fraud, bribing US Congressmen, waste and fraud in govt. contracting, illegal stock manipulation, mail order fraud, identity theft, and so on.
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