May 15, 2000 Court Won't Release Foster Photos By LAURIE ASSEO Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A group seeking to force the government to release photographs taken of White House lawyer Vince Foster's body after his 1993 suicide lost a Supreme Court appeal today. The court, without comment, turned away Accuracy in Media's argument that Foster's family has no privacy interest in avoiding public release of the photos. Accuracy in Media, a media watchdog group, contends the public has a ''substantial interest'' in the photos because they might show whether the government properly investigated Foster's death. Foster, the deputy White House counsel, was found in a suburban Virginia park on July 20, 1993, with a gunshot wound to the head. Four investigations -- including one by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr -- have concluded that Foster committed suicide, but some conservatives have speculated that Foster may have been murdered. Accuracy in Media invoked the federal Freedom of Information Act in asking the National Park Service to release photos taken of Foster's body at the scene of his death and during his autopsy. The Park Service refused, citing an exemption for cases in which releasing information would create an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. Accuracy in Media sued, and a federal judge ruled for the government. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld that ruling last October, saying, ''AIM cannot deny the powerful sense of invasion bound to be aroused in close survivors by wanton publication of gruesome details of death by violence.'' In the appeal acted on today, Accuracy in Media's lawyers said Foster's relatives have no privacy interest in the photos because they are not depicted in them. Even if the family did have a privacy interest, it would be outweighed by the public interest in finding out whether the government properly investigated Foster's death, the appeal said. Accuracy in Media was represented by attorney Larry Klayman, whose Judicial Watch group has filed numerous lawsuits against the Clinton administration. The case is Accuracy in Media vs. National Park Service, 99-1578. On the Net: For the appeals court ruling: http://www.uscourts.gov./links.html Click on District of Columbia Circuit. AP-NY-05-15-00 1024EDT ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
