Watchdog Group Disputes FBI's Claims on E-Mails

washingtonpost.com ^ | oct 6, 2006 | Dan Eggen

[blogblogginaway]

The watchdog group that first provided the FBI with suspicious e-mails from then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) said yesterday that FBI and Justice Department officials are attempting to cover up their inaction in the case by making false claims about the group.

Law enforcement officials said the allegations by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) are without merit, and they stood by allegations that the group had refused to provide some information to the FBI.

The dispute is the latest controversy this week for CREW, a liberal-leaning group that has come under attack from House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other Republicans because it has received money from a foundation funded by liberal financier George Soros.

CREW held a news conference Monday to announce that in July it had provided the FBI suspicious e-mails between Foley and a former House page. The group criticized the bureau for not taking more aggressive action and asked Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine to investigate the FBI's handling of the case.

Law enforcement officials said then that the e-mails did not provide enough evidence of a possible crime to warrant a full investigation. In the e-mails, Foley praises the physical attributes of one page and asks another teenager for his picture.

[anymouse]

From 2002 bio in post #66, Harvey Englander has two sons in college. Chip was in college then. A little detective work might be able to link the two. It certainly looks like there is a connection. Also Mitch Englander spoke at a political workshop at Berkeley about the time that Edmunds was there. Possibly that Edmunds met Mitch Englander and Mitch introduced him to his cousin, Chip Englander.

[Enchante]

"In subsequent days, unidentified Justice and FBI officials told reporters that the e-mails provided by CREW were heavily redacted and that the group refused to provide unedited versions to the FBI.

This is an enormous red flag, yet again, that the lib scumbags at CREW are up to no good..... they are hiding the real source(s) who are manipulating this scandal, and/or they provided info that they knew the FBI could not possibly act upon effectively. Either they are trying to mis-direct the investigation (can they be charged with obstruction of justice?) and/or they want to be able to say "the FBI knew and did nothing" and "Hastert knew and did nothing" even though (apparently) no actionable info was provided.

CREW is a bunch of Soros-funded dishonest leftists who are also Joe Wilson loving SCUM.

[philman_36]

Yes. Nineteen year olds are "teenagers" too.
True, so are eighteen year olds. But either way both would still be an adult. The emphasis is for the reader to believe it was a 'young' teenager. It would've been worded differently otherwise.
Say, for instance, teenager versus young adult.

[jveritas]

I think the Republican Party should make this request from CREW a major campaign issue.

[Suzy Quzy]

You smell a BIG LIE about ENGLADER!!! and abour Jordan Edmund...RATS,

[Continental Soldier]

The FBI making false claims? Can that be?

[Cindy]

OPINION: "CREW" does seem to be well organized with a clear agenda.