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WHITE HOUSE FILING IN CREW LAWSUIT REVEALS NO BACKUP TAPES DURING LAUNCH OF IRAQ WAR

6 May 2008 // Late last night, in response to an order of the court in CREW v. EOP, the White House filed a third declaration of Office of Administration Chief Information Officer Theresa Payton in which the White House admitted, among other things, that it has no backup tapes for White House emails for the period March 1, 2003 through May 22, 2003.

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COURT EXTENDS ORDER REQUIRING WHITE HOUSE TO RETAIN BACK-UP COPIES OF E-MAILS

24 Apr 2008 // Today in CREW v. Executive Office of the President, et al., Magistrate Judge John Facciola issued a report and recommendation that the preservation order now in place requiring the White House to preserve certain back-up copies of missing e-mails be extended in several key respects.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: WHITE HOUSE CHALLENGES RELEASE OF VISITOR LOGS

21 Apr 2008 // A federal appeals court sought compromise Monday between a liberal group demanding the names of White House visitors and the Bush administration, which says releasing the names would erode the president's power.

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COURT ORDERS WHITE HOUSE TO HAND OVER DOCUMENTS IN CREW LAWSUIT

31 Mar 2008 // Following an on-the-record conference call on March 28, 2008, District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an Order on March 30, 2008 in CREW v. Office of Administration, ordering the Office of Administration (OA), a White House component, to produce documents and information related to its decision that it is no longer an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

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COURT ORDERS NATIONAL ARCHIVES TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS IN CREW LAWSUIT SEEKING SECRET SERVICE VISITOR RECORDS

28 Mar 2008 // On March 28, 2008, District Court Judge Reggie Walton issued an order in CREW v. NARA, a lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) for documents related to the National Archives and Records Administration’s role in the government's decision that White House visitor records created by the Secret Service are not agency records subject to the FOIA.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: WHITE HOUSE -- COMPUTER HARD DRIVES TOSSED

22 Mar 2008 // White House Says Computer Hard Drives From Years of Possibly Missing E-Mail Were Destroyed

Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to 2005.

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CREW FILES RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE DEFENSE AGAINST REQUEST FOR CONTEMPT CHARGES IN MISSING EMAIL LAWSUIT

19 Mar 2008 // Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a reply brief in support of its motion to show cause why a number of White House officials should not be held in contempt in CREW v. EOP. More»

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COURT GIVES WHITE HOUSE THREE DAYS TO SAY WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE ORDERED TO CREATE COPIES OF MEDIA THAT MAY CONTAIN MISSING EMAIL

18 Mar 2008 // Today, in response to a request by the National Security Archive, which along with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has sued the White House challenging its failure to preserve millions of missing email, Magistrate Judge Facciola issued a show cause order in CREW, et al. v. EOP.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: COURT ORDER SOUGHT IN E-MAIL CONTROVERSY

6 Mar 2008 // A private group told a federal court Thursday the Bush administration made apparently false and misleading statements in court about the White House e-mail controversy.

The group asked the judge to demand an explanation regarding alleged inconsistencies between testimony at a congressional hearing last week and what the White House told a federal court in January.

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CREW FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF LOBBYIST DISCLOSURE LAW

29 Feb 2008 // Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a brief as amicus curiae supporting the constitutionality of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). HLOGA imposes a new disclosure requirement that applies to lobbyists who are hired by coalitions and associations to pursue the interests of association members before executive and legislative branch officials. More»

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