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2/15/2001
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JUDICIAL WATCH VICTORY IN PARDONGATE: FEDERAL COURT RULES
DOCUMENTS ON CLINTON PARDON OF PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS ARE PUBLIC
Documents Had Been Withheld for Over One Year by Clinton-Gore
Administration
Decision Will Serve as Precedent for Documents on Latest Pardon
Scandal
(Washington, D.C.) A federal court judge, The Honorable Thomas
Hogan, ruled this week that documents that were withheld by the
Clinton-Gore Administration relating to Bill Clinton’s pardon of
several Puerto Rican terrorists in 1999 are public documents
subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA). Judicial Watch, the non-partisan public interest law firm
that investigates and prosecutes public corruption, has been
trying since September, 1999 to obtain documents on the pardons
under FOIA and a subsequent FOIA lawsuit.
The Clinton-Gore Administration had tried to withhold documents
related to pardons on the basis of law enforcement and privacy
privileges. In his decision earlier this week, Judge Hogan ruled
that these privileges do not apply, as any privacy interests of
the terrorists are outweighed by the public interest in the
pardons. Judge Hogan ruled that “...these pardoned prisoners have
arguably become public figures through their well-publicized
pleas for clemency and the speeches some have made since their
release... the presidential pardons have been highly public as
well as controversial events, which clearly implicate the public
interest’s in knowing and understanding the activities of the
federal government.” The Court ruled that Judicial Watch can now
pursue access to these documents through FOIA.
Previous documents uncovered by Judicial Watch in this case show
that the FBI vociferously opposed Clinton’s pardons of the Puerto
Rican terrorists. Documents released to Judicial Watch show the
FBI warned that “these individuals [to be pardoned] sanctioned,
supported and/or directly or indirectly participated in
activities resulting in no fewer that nine fatalities, hundreds
of injuries, millions of dollars in property damage, and armed
attacks on U.S. Government facilities.” The documents also show
that the FBI only learned through press reports that Clinton was
considering clemency for the terrorists.
“This is an important ruling in the context of the current
Clinton pardon scandal. It will be difficult, under the precedent
of Judge Hogan’s decision, for the government to hide documents
from the American people about Clinton’s latest pardons,” stated
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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