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CREW files motion for injunction in CREW v. Dept of Justice
Margie Burns blog | August 29th 2008
Keeping the pressure on, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) yesterday followed up in its lawsuit against the Justice Department regarding the CIA leak investigation. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has so far refused to turn read more
CREW sues Department of Justice
Margie Burns blog | August 26th 2008
The non-profit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has announced that it is suing the Department of Justice over failure to release records from the CIA leak investigation. The documents sought pertain to Vice President read more
Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Wilson back Waxman against Cheney
Margie Burns blog | July 16th 2008
Just released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW):STATEMENT FROM JOSEPH AND VALERIE WILSON IN RESPONSE TO PRES. BUSH’S ASSERTION OF EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO PROTECT V.P. CHENEY Contact:Nao read more
McBush as T.R.? Bull!
The Liberal Doomsayer | July 14th 2008
(And I don't mean Moose.)Yesterday in the New York Times, Adam Nagourney and Michael Cooper published more McBush fluffery positing the ridiculous noting that, somehow, John W. McBush’s presidential role model is Theodore Roosevelt here (I mean, th read more
White House Loses Secrecy Fight
Griper News | July 11th 2008 by Wisco
clipped from rawstory.comA federal appeals court on Friday set back the White House's efforts to keep the names of its visitors secret.The Washington court threw out the government's appeal in the case in which a watchdog group is trying to find out read more
All You Franken Ethics Bashers - Jump On Board!
Locust of Evil | July 1st 2008
Oh, oh. Looks like Sen. Norm Coleman is having some ethics problems of his own.Here is a quote from the ethics complaint filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington:"Few Americans have landlords who sometimes fail to cash their ren read more
The White House 1 - US citizens 0
the joke of politics | June 16th 2008 by John Painz
For anyone who hasn't seen All the President's Men... or any film for that matter where political figures and big business are seen shredding documents, well, that's a thing of the past.Now we have the White House disposing of millions of emails whic read more
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Cold War Veterans Blog | June 5th 2008 by sean811
VoteVets Bulletin Dear VoteVets.org Supporter, Yesterday, along with officials from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and two Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are battling the Department of Veterans Affa read more
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington calls for Fo…
Right Commentary | May 19th 2008 by Right Commentary
Washington, D.C. (Rightcommentary.com): The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked the House Ethics Committee on Monday to investigate whether embattled Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) broke House rules while pursuing a read more
THE VA - Just How Low Can VA Administration Sink?
Mage Soapbox | May 16th 2008
Answer, lower than a worm."CREW AND VOTEVETS.ORG EXPOSE VA DIRECTIVE BARRING STAFF FROM DIAGNOSING SOLDIERS WITH PTSD IN ORDER TO CUT COSTS" Naomi Steiner, CREWToday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and VoteVets.org releas read more
Tell US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on…
All Things Reform | May 1st 2008 by David Weller
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW) has launched a new campaign website called Fix the FEC. Since early this year, the Federal Election Commission has been without a quorum of its commissioners (there are only two of the norma read more
Leading to Iraq: High crimes and misdemeanors. First week of Nove…
Margie Burns blog | March 13th 2008
110th in continuing blog series on the administration push to war. As November begins, things do not get any easier for the White House, politically. Fiscal Year 2004 appropriations bills are passed, increasing the federal budget deficit to new recor read more
Join tele-press conference, sign petition to demand hearing on su…
All Things Reform | February 27th 2008 by David Weller
The image above shows a helmet and the amount of kevlar that was left out due to Sioux Manufacturing's substandard production.Tomorrow, Thursday, February 28th, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), will join VoteVets.org and t read more
White House Email Probe Wakeup Call To Businesses
eBay Teacher | February 17th 2008
Businesses should improve email backup policiesA federal judge has issued an order allowing the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics In Washington (CREW) to conduct "very limited" questioning of White House offic read more
U.S. Department of Defense contracts with faulty helmet manufactu…
All Things Reform | February 7th 2008 by David Weller
CREW posts on its blog that a sub-standard military helmet manufacturer is nevertheless being contracted for yet more helmets by the U.S. Department of Defense!6 Feb 2008 // Today, in light of evidence that a company has been outfitting our nation's read more
Right wing power grabs for the Civil Rights Commission
All Things Reform | January 31st 2008 by David Weller
CREW, a public advocacy organization, has issued a press release concerning the Bush legacy of politicizing civil rights-- the Civil Rights Commission is stacked with partisans.Washington, DC – This morning, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics i read more
The Dog Ate My Emails
Inappropriate Response | January 18th 2008 by Gregory T. Qualtheim
Paul has a great summary of the "lost" White House emails scandal:For months, the White House has battling the D.C. watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in court. The accusation is pretty straightforward: for more than a year read more
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HEAVY-HANDED POLITICS | January 12th 2008
Landrieu fights back against bribery chargeBy Manu RajuTheHill.comSen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), a top target for national Republicans in November, is battling with a government watchdog group that is alleging the senator may have violated federal bribe read more
White House Accidentally Deletes 10 Million Emails
MaineDemocrats.org | December 6th 2007
Citizens for the Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)- a government watchdog group now says more than 10 million White House emails are missing. Both CREW and another private group called the National Security archive are suing the Bush read more
Dept. Of Homeland Security A Disaster
Change In Tallhahassee | December 6th 2007 by Ron
Citizens for Responsibility an Ethics in Washington has catalogued and quantified many of DHS's missteps and launched a new Web site -- homelandsecurityforsale.org -- to coincide with the agency's fifth anniversary. The site includes CREW's 67-page read more
Dept. Of Homeland Security A Disaster
Ron Mills News And Commentary | December 6th 2007 by Ron
Citizens for Responsibility an Ethics in Washington has catalogued and quantified many of DHS's missteps and launched a new Web site -- homelandsecurityforsale.org -- to coincide with the agency's fifth anniversary. The site includes CREW's 67-page read more
"Since its creation five years ago, Americans have been inundated…
Techfun Tumble | December 5th 2007 by JD
“Since its creation five years ago, Americans have been inundated with stories of waste, fraud and abuse at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mismanagement, grossly excessive spending, criminal conduct and shady no-bid contracts within read more
Heckuva Job DHS! 5 Years of Corporate Cronyism Since its...
Techfun Tumble | December 5th 2007 by JD
Heckuva Job DHS! 5 Years of Corporate Cronyism Since its creation five years ago, Americans have been inundated with stories of waste, fraud and abuse at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mismanagement, grossly excessive spending, criminal read more
Report reveals full history of Department of Homeland Security mi…
All Things Reform | December 5th 2007 by David Weller
CREW (Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington) has released a report on the mismanagement of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) during its first five years of operation. They also created a website devoted to the research project, read more
The Monday ‘BushWhack’ing
The "Bush"-Whacked Administration | September 24th 2007
It's Monday, here's a short BushWhack to start your week...The New York Times (new motto: We fold like origami), has admitted that they violated their own policy when it published the MoveOn ad that slighted General Petraeus when they charged the gro read more
The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress and Duncan Hunter is one…
Stranger in America | September 20th 2007 by bhumika g
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch). This encyclopedic report on read more
Making the Culture of Corruption List
Watching Washington | September 19th 2007
Watchdog group CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) has a new list of the "22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress."Nineteen Republicans and three Democrats are on the list.How bad do you have to be to make the list? Sen Larry Crai read more
Most Corrupt Members of Congress
VirusHead | September 19th 2007 by Doc Heidi
And now, an update on the most unethical members of Congress… Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Membe read more
Tom Feeney: Top 22 Corrupt
Smashed Frog | September 19th 2007 by Sunny
Drum Roll, please.Change in Tallahassee is reporting that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of C read more
THIRD ANNUAL MOST CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REPORT.
Politics and War | September 19th 2007
Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its third annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 22 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and two to watch). This enc read more