-Caveat Lector- Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 5:55 PM Subject: [JW: CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION ORDERED BY COURT TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS IN PORTALS SCANDAL CASE > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > October 5, 2000 > Contact: Tom Fitton > (202) 646-5172 > > CLINTON-GORE ADMINISTRATION ORDERED BY COURT TO TURN OVER > DOCUMENTS IN PORTALS SCANDAL CASE > > Clinton Appointee Rules Against Administration on Document > Request Related to Gore Scandal > > Portals Real Estate Project Benefitted Gore Fundraisers, Hurt > Taxpayers > > (Washington, DC) The Honorable Ricardo M. Urbina, U.S. District > Court Judge, ruled last week that the Clinton-Gore Administration > must waive fees and turn over to Judicial Watch documents > relating to a controversial government leasing arrangement that > benefitted individuals close to Al Gore. In response to a > Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on the > Portals leasing controversy, the General Services Administration > had sought to make Judicial Watch pay for thousands of documents > before turning them over and sought to summarily dismiss a FOIA > lawsuit Judicial Watch brought to obtain the documents. Judge > Urbina ruled in favor of Judicial Watch. Publically available > evidence suggests that Gore confidants benefitted, at the expense > of taxpayers, from million dollar contingency fees in a lease > deal between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the > Portals Washington, DC office project, which is run by another > Gore supporter. > > Without expressing any opinion on the underlying merits of the > allegations, Judge Urbina ruled on September 25, 2000, that, > among other things: > > ...the court agrees that the (Judicial Watch) FOIA request... > implicates important public interests. To begin with, federal > taxpayers paid for the FCC's lease of the vacant Portals office > space, which gives the public a direct and tangible interest in > information bearing on the lease and the events surrounding it. > Specifically, the public has an interest in information which > could help them decide whether an agency's expenditure of their > tax monies was based on sound financial or functional > considerations or on other, arguably less appropriate > considerations...Closely related is the fundamental public > interest in information bearing on the alleged possibility that > the Vice President and others violated legal or ethical standards > in connection with the FCC-Portals lease. Neither of these > interests is peculiar to the plaintiffs or their supporters. > (emphasis added) > > "The decision by Judge Urbina is a significant victory for not > only Judicial Watch, but for the American taxpayer. We are > hopeful we can get to the heart of a scandal that some estimate > cost the U.S. taxpayer tens of millions of dollars in unneeded > costs - all, allegedly, to benefit a small group of Gore > cronies," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. > > Judicial Watch, Inc. is a public interest law firm that > investigates and prosecutes government corruption. > > > > <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, mis- directions 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, CTRLgives 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://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.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
