Judge Orders Cheney Visitor Logs Opened

[G_j]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6158107,00.html

Judge Orders Cheney Visitor Logs Opened

Thursday October 19, 2006 6:01 PM


By MATT APUZZO

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release information about who visited Vice President Dick Cheney's office and personal residence, an order that could spark a late election season debate over lobbyists' White House access.

The Washington Post asked for two years of White House visitor logs in June but the Secret Service refused to process the request. Government attorneys called it ``a fishing expedition into the most sensitive details of the vice presidency.''

U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina ruled Wednesday that, by the end of next week, the Secret Service must produce the records or at least identity them and justify why they are being withheld.

The newspaper sought logs for anyone visiting Cheney, his legal counsel, chief spokesman and other top aides and advisers.


..more..

[wicket]

1. This should be interesting

:popcorn:

[file83]

41. Hope you have a big bag of popcorn....

...because we live in a dictatorship now - Cheney doesn't have to turn over shit.

[whistle]

2. Can this judge now be detained without habeas corpus as an

...enemy non-combatant?

[savemefromdumbya]

10. probably send him to Siberia

[Norquist Nemesis]

20. Oh, even better it's going to all be...wait for it...

CLINTON'S FAULT!

Urbina, Ricardo M.
Born 1946 in New York, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr.; Confirmed by the Senate on June 15, 1994, and received commission on June 16, 1994.

This is going to be headlined as a Liberal Activist Judge appointed by Clinton.

[movonne]

3. Cheney to Judge....go fuck yourself.....

[elehhhhna]

21. LOL More like "It's the big one! I'm comin, Elizabeth..."

[RobertSeattle]

40. Log Contents from Cheney

Go F Yourself visit 10/1/2003 12:30 PM
Kiss My Ass visited 10/1/2003 4:10 PM
Judges Suck visited 10/2/2003 9:30 AM
Ima Above TheLaw visited 10/2/2003 12:22 PM
...

[Libby2]

4. Oh good!

Pass the popcorn please.

[savemefromdumbya]

5. must be alot of shredding going on right now?

[butterfly77]

34. that's what I was thinking...

[AlCzervik]

6. Have Cheney's lawyers filed for an injunction yet?

how great would this be if we actually get to see the logs in the next week or so?

[AndyA]

7. Just in time for cooler weather...indoor entertainment!

:popcorn:

Anyone want butter?

[bif]

8. I'm sure those were destroyed long ago

[leftchick]

will this end up with the supreme court?

:shrug:

[Tesha]

16. While it's not direct precedent, the Supreme Court...

While it's not direct precedent, the Supreme Court set
themselves up to be on the wrong side of this issue (now)
when they allowed Paula Jones' lawsuit to go forward
against then-President Clinton.

It was a mistake to allow that one to go forward but
that will probably come back and bite the neocon's
butts eventually.

Tesha

[Alexander]

24. You think THIS court gives a shit about stare decisis?

If anything, this court's more neo-conservative and authoritarian than the one that handed Shrubya the presidency.

[whistle]

30. Neocons have no conscience and very short memories on their own flaws

[me b zola]

9. "...the most sensitive details of the vice presidency.''

Give me a fugging break. :eyes:

[G_j]

11. Norquist & Reed landed more than 100 meetings in the WH

as stated in the article:

A lawsuit over similar records revealed last month that Republican activists Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed - key figures in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal - landed more than 100 meetings inside the Bush White House.

[Norquist Nemesis]

12. I need to stock up on popcorn quick!

This is going to be a long one.

:popcorn:

[malaise]

26. Extra butter please

:popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl:

[Faux pas]

13. Yeah, like the logs won't be altered, doctored or missing. Good

luck on that one WP.

[BootinUp]

14. So we still have a semblance of a democracy

Until the Supreme Court rules.

[lovuian]

15. Exxon Haliburton BP Amoco Carlyle KR Phizar Merck Monsanto

all the Corporations who have benefited from Iraq War...

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. These will never see the light of day BEFORE the election.

the Secret Service must produce the records or at least identity them and justify why they are being withheld.

They will give excuses for why they are being witheld and this will eventually end up at the SCOTUS where they will rule in favor of the slime ball.

[G_j]

23. yup

at least I agree that we won't see them before the election.

But I sure hope your second prediction proves wrong.

[Norquist Nemesis]

29. In the meantime they'll attack the Judge as a Liberal Clinton appointee

and deem it a political stunt by Democrats/Democratic operatives. The aim to focus on the Judge ("It's all Clinton's fault!") and aways from Cheney ("Poor guy just can't get a break").

Rush and O'Reilly will be on top it by the end of lunch.

[waiting for hope]

18. What's the BFD?

"the most sensitive details of the vice presidency" What the fuck does that mean? Oh yeah, Sorry, brain fart, I forgot - This administration has done everything in secret....you know, wouldn't be wanting the peasants knowing too much about how this "complicated" government works. :sarcasm:

[elehhhhna]

19. Does Beeblebub leave a signature? Imagine what THAT would get

on Ebay.

[BootinUp]

27. You mean Beelzebub? :)

[elehhhhna]

36. Yeah, or Babalou, the Deevil, My Ma, whatever...once left a message

on a friends' desk telling her to call a "Mr. B. L. Zubub --URGENT--at Second Baptist Church" in Houston. lol

[dkofos]

22. The records will released in 2020 (over his dead body)

[elehhhhna]

37. IIRC Cheney cacked in 1998. And 2000, & maybe 2002.

[elehhhhna]

25. RAID on Cheney's logs: Osama checks in , but he don't check out, or....

..and they were pissed about Clinton letting pals stay in the Lincoln Bedroom?!!! ROFLMAO!

[Orsino]

28. "or...justify why they are being withheld."

"Because I'm the Vice President, and it's imperative that my advisors retain their anonymity." It's worked for years; it'll continue to work. QED.

We won't get anything substantial for years. The Bushies will find a way to lock this info away from We The People forever.

[Jacobin]

31. bingo

this will drag on until he's out of office

[spanone]

32. This if from The Guardian in England. Any U.S. news on this???

How odd that we have to get our 'local' news from overseas.

NOTHING on the 'major' news outlets. Here's a local Seattle story on it.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_White_House_Logs.html

[Canuckistanian]

33. Hmmm, who's this O.B. Ladden from Baker Botts?

He seems to show up quite regularly.

[Patiod]

42. ROFL

:rofl:

[The Backlash Cometh]

35. About time!

Do we get to finally learn who was in the Energy meetings?

[Disturbed]

38. This will drag out until '09 and then dropped.

There is no way that this info will be handed over.

[G_j]

43. you mean Enron etc..?

of course not :argh:

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

39. When we have an open and transparent government,

the terrorists win.

:sarcasm:

[Bandit]

44. Cheney's answer

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: