oped:Yes indeed The Clinton's attic,bathroom as well as basement takes the proverbial Blue Ribbon Award for the most filthy/ hoarded US Attic/Bathroom/Basement 20th -21st Century.
See: The Clinton Files: http://sharlaslabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+clinton+files
by:Colleen Conley
A relatively small player wielding big power...
Borrowing on the familiar name “Jack the Giant Killer” — the fairy tale and films about the courageous lad who toppled giants during the reign of King Arthur — you might think of this feisty little group in much the same way. You could call the relatively small but plucky organization a potential “giant killer” in its own right.
Hillary Clinton told a CNBC interviewer recently that she is the “most transparent public official in modern times,” but she has a decades-old history that proves the truth is almost exactly the opposite — from her days in the White House in the 1990s to her email and Benghazi scandals of today. And one non-profit has been front and center in letting Americans know just how laughable Clinton’s claim to openness really is.
Judicial Watch (JW) — a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation — prides itself on promoting transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. The non-profit “uses the open records or freedom of information laws (FOIA) and other tools to investigate and uncover misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities.”
According to the Daily Caller, the organization was critical in unearthing Clinton’s exclusive use of a home brew email server for government business during her tenure as secretary of state, which was first disclosed by The New York Times on March 2, 2015. Shortly after The Times report, Judicial Watch cited FOIA in demanding the State Department release records about comments made by the Obama administration regarding the Benghazi terror attack on September 11, 2012.
The group’s dogged investigation continues to this day. On March 29, it won a major legal victory when U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth granted Judicial Watch “limited discovery” in its lawsuit for Clinton’s records, which gives JW the right question witnesses under oath before the matter goes to trial. Lamberth ruled that granting an outside group such a power in a FOIA case is “exceedingly rare,” but it’s necessary in extreme cases.
“Where there is evidence of government wrongdoing and bad faith, as here, limited discovery is appropriate,” he wrote.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, stated, “This Benghazi litigation first uncovered the Clinton email scandal, so it is good to have discovery in this lawsuit which may help the American people find out why our efforts to get Benghazi answers were thwarted by Clinton’s email games.”
The ruling was a huge win for transparency advocates and for Judicial Watch, putting it on the map as providing a central role in possibly uncovering otherwise secret information about the scandals. Limited discovery enables the group to force Clinton, her aides, and other top players in the Obama White House to answer questions under oath about what they know.
The answers could put an end to the former first lady’s presidential bid if significant wrongdoing is discovered.
The small non-profit with an annual budget of $26 million has possibly had the most success utilizing the power of FOIA since it became law in 1966, the Daily Caller wrote.
Harry A. Hammit, longtime editor of the website Access Reports, told the Daily Caller that Judicial Watch “has done a good job in becoming a sophisticated user of government information disclosed through FOIA. I’ve been impressed at the angle it has pursued in some of its requests. It has become the primary public interest litigator, far surpassing anyone on the liberal side.”
Just ask Hillary Clinton.
After three decades in public life, the self-described “most transparent public official” may see her kingdom fall in large part due to the tenacity of a relatively small player in the non-profit world exposing the web of lies and corruption that so many believe exists, but no group has ever been able to pin on the politician who clearly considers herself a “giant” in the realm of progressive politics.
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