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Well, why not? Larry Klayman, the veritable gadfly of the Clinton administration, has become a gladfly instead. Mr. Klayman - attorney and founder of Judicial Watch, master of the strategic FOIA request and tenacious lawsuit - is now a stand-up comedian. "It's political humor mostly. I have not given up as 'freedom fighter,' but with the Obama/Clinton crowd in power it's better to laugh than cry. Besides, the Clintons always tried to portray my lawsuits as a joke. I am not through with them - the Filegate case, for example," Larry Klayman tells Inside the Beltway. "But now the Clintons...

An organization that serves as a watchdog on the U.S. government for American taxpayers has launched a campaign to uncover exactly how much tax money is being spent on parties at the Obama White House. The president has shown a penchant for lavish galas, such as the huge assembly orchestrated in Denver when he accepted his party's nomination for president – an outdoor gathering for some 75,000 featuring a stage with Greek columns. He also held a multimillion-dollar victory celebration in Chicago , and his fancy inauguration cost an estimated $170 million, according to ABC News. Now, Larry Klayman, founder...

NEW YORK -- For months, former New York Post scribe Jared Paul Stern was at the center of unseemly accusations that he tried to shake down billionaire Ronald Burkle in exchange for good press in the newspaper's gossip pages. Now Stern has fired back in a lawsuit filed Thursday against Burkle, the Post's archrival Daily News _ even former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whom Stern accuses of attacking him in an effort to suppress negative stories about themselves. Represented by a longtime critic of the Clintons, Stern alleges the defendants defamed and inflicted emotional distress on...

Known for his seemingly perpetual litigation against the Clintons, Larry Klayman is turning his sights on the group he founded, charging in a lawsuit that his successor has "hijacked" the government-watchdog Judicial Watch for personal gain. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, Klayman charges, "sent out false and misleading fundraising letters, misused donor money, disparaged Klayman with supporters and the media, and took other actions which increased the damage to Judicial Watch, the donors and Klayman." Fitton issued a statement to WND stating Klayman's "ridiculous lawsuit is full of lies and distortions which Judicial Watch will address in court. " He...

More than 17 million individuals and families could start the new year facing higher taxes because of a provision unfamiliar to most taxpayers -- the alternative minimum tax. The new year means the expiration of a temporary fix that prevents the alternative minimum tax from hitting millions of people this year on taxes due next April. But if Congress doesn't act, the additional tax will return for the 2006 tax year. Originally designed to make sure wealthy individuals paid some tax, the alternative minimum tax reaches further into the middle class every year as inflation pushes more and more people...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge awarded conservative legal group Judicial Watch nearly $900,000 for attorney fees and costs stemming from suits for documents related to Commerce Department trade missions in the 1990s. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled last week that the group should be reimbursed for some costs incurred during roughly 10 years of litigation with the department. Judicial Watch sued the Commerce Department in the 1990s for information about the department's trade missions in an effort to document whether businesses won seats on those missions in return for donations to the Democratic Party. The legal group sought...

HILLARY'S SECRET WAR The Clintons’ enemy list Posted: July 19, 20051:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: The following is an eye-opening look into New York Times best-selling author Richard Poe's revealing book, "Hillary's Secret War." Whereas Edward Klein's book on the New York senator reveals previously unknown aspects of her personal life, Poe's expose focuses on how Hillary Clinton and the left's "shadow government" have labored to put her and her far-left agenda in the White House by controlling the still-uncensored flow of real news to Americans – via the Internet.If that sounds too fantastic to be true, read on....

One year ago, I wrote a piece exposing radical Islam within Florida Atlantic University (FAU). My goal was twofold: [1] to bring awareness concerning a growing problem within FAU [2] to push the university to take action so that this problem ceases to exist. Unfortunately, only the first part of my goal was accomplished, as FAU is continuing to allow radicals on its campus, the latest being this Saturday'S (Jan.22, 2005) return engagement of potential co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Siraj Wahhaj. The Enemy Thrives at FAU In recent times, a fairly large list of...

STARVATION: DAY 8 Jeb Bush not likely to ride to rescue Florida governor indicates he won't defy court order Posted: March 25, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Those hoping Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will step forward to save Terri Schiavo from imminent, court-ordered starvation death are likely to be disappointed, based on his comments to a group of reporters following county court Judge George Greer's ruling against the state's effort to take custody of the brain-injured woman at the center of a worldwide euthanasia controversy. While Bush reiterated his motivation to save Schiavo, based on new evidence that...

------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kerry and CAIR for president? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted: October 16, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Joe Kaufman and Larry Klayman © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The November presidential elections are weeks away, and the quest to get out the vote is in full swing. But when some swing voters have links to radical Islam, motives for eliciting their support must be questioned. An e-mail announcement, dated Oct. 13 was sent out by the president of the Muslim Student Organization of Florida Atlantic University, Asmaa Metwally. It stated the following: SPONSORED LINKS   Help President Bush Beat Kerry Time is short! Help us get...

Watch returns come in here: http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/. I think the polls close at 7PM eastern.

Larry Klayman for U.S. Senate Posted: August 26, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com People sometimes ask me who my heroes are. After all, I'd be hard-pressed to name any contemporary politicians I trust or look to for leadership and courage. There is such a man. He's not a politician. But he is running for office – the U.S. Senate – from the state of Florida. His name is Larry Klayman and he founded the organization known as Judicial Watch. Larry Klayman is my hero because he has integrity – enough to prevent him from blind loyalty to party...

FL Senate Candidate Klayman Calls for US Intervention in Venezuelan Recall Elections; Chavez Venezuelan Recall Vote a Likely Fraud MIAMI, Aug. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Larry Klayman, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Florida, today called for U.S. intervention to determine whether or not the recall vote, which affirmed Communist dictator and terrorist Hugo Chavez's hold on the Venezuelan people, was honest and fair. All indications are that the vote was fraudulent, despite claims by former President Jimmy Carter that the vote was honest. Whatever Jimmy Carter's good intentions, he has proven himself to be one of the most naive government...

THE NEW WORLD DISORDER Senate candidate says: U.S. out of U.N. Klayman launches nationwide petition campaign Posted: July 19, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The U.S. should get out of the United Nations, says a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, and he has launched a nationwide petition campaign to rally support for the cause. Senate candidate Larry Klayman, R-Fla. Larry Klayman, a Republican and founder of Judicial Watch, is making the U.N. crusade the cornerstone of his campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democrat Bob Graham. He faces Bill McCollum, Mel Martinez,...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gennifer Flowers, who claimed to have a long affair with former President Bill Clinton when he was governor of Arkansas, is helping out a Republican Senate candidate. Attorney Larry Klayman will join his former client at a trio of fund-raisers in South Florida later this month. Attorney Larry Klayman and Flowers will appear at a "boat tour" in Miami and two events in West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale on July 29 and 30. Klayman aides predict she'll help bring in $200,000 or more for the campaign. Klayman is the founder of Judicial Watch, which frequently sued...

MIAMI -- Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have helped run up a record federal deficit, haven't made tough budget cuts, and failed President Bush. Larry Klayman says he's someone who would be a "true" Republican in Washington who wouldn't go along simply because he was in the majority party. "I support the president, but I think he's gotten bad advice and he's going along with the Senate leadership who wanted to hand out all these goodies," said Klayman, who's running for the GOP Senate nomination. Klayman, 52, said he can help the president by coming to the Senate as...

MIAMI - A former campaign staffer has sued U.S. Senate candidate Larry Klayman, claiming the Miami attorney slandered him with an accusation that he stole campaign documents. Klayman denies the allegations by consultant Paul Rolf Jensen and says he's the target of "dirty tricks" by former New Hampshire Sen. Bob Smith, a rival in the Florida Republican primary. Smith spokesman Peter Schweitzer acknowledged that Smith and Jensen are friends but said the consultant is not on the campaign staff. "Senator Smith doesn't play political dirty tricks," Schweitzer said. Klayman hired Jensen in August but Jensen quit in October over a...

Assuming that Terri pulls out of the dehydration, and Ted Koppel seemed unsure Tuesday night that she would, here is my long list of "Winners" and "Losers" in this fight for life and death: WINNERS: 1. The Almighty God -- Without Him we could do nothing. He came through when all doors had seemingly been shut and even locked. "To God Be the Glory, Great Things He Has Done." 2. Governor Bush -- Though he seemed very slow-acting, it was his relentless efforts primarily that brought about another chance for Terri to survive and hopefully gain needed therapy 3. Terri...

Abuse report filed for Terri Schiavo Judicial Watch says it now has given Jeb Bush premise to intervene Posted: October 18, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The Washington, D.C., watchdog group Judicial Watch filed an abuse complaint it says will allow Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene on behalf of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the brain-disabled woman who is starving under a court order initiated by her husband. Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton faxed a "Form to Report Abuse/Abandonment/Neglect/Exploitation" with the Florida Department of Children and Families yesterday then sent a letter to Bush and DCF Secretary Jerry Regier. The letter said,...

Conservative watchdog Larry Klayman launched his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida Tuesday, saying he intends to be Hillary Clinton's "worst nightmare." Klayman, the former head of Judicial Watch known for pursuing ethics charges against the Clintons during the 1990s and a lawsuit over Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force, said he will continue his role as a public watchdog if elected. But clearly the target of his campaign for the seat currently being held by Bob Graham is the former first lady who is now the junior senator from New York. "I will be the antidote...

Judge considers motion to dismiss lawsuit against Cheney, Halliburton [actual headline] DALLAS - Halliburton Co. asked a federal judge Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit charging that the company and Vice President Dick Cheney, its former chief executive, misled investors by changing the way it counted revenue from construction projects. A lawyer for Judicial Watch, a public interest group that filed the lawsuit on behalf of three small investors, said the company tried to polish its financial reports beginning in 1998 by booking revenue on cost overruns before it was certain of getting paid. Halliburton shares dropped sharply when the...

IDF Radio says that the American Legal Orginization 'Judicial Watch' has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court and European Police against the French President, on the suspicion that he aided in creation of Iraq's nuclear program.The allegiation is based on a 1975 picture, in which Mr. Chirac (then a Prime Minister) is seen visiting with Saddam Hussein (the Deputy Prime Minister) at a French Nuclear reactor.The complaint also includes allegiations against members of French Government of fraudelent activities in the management of the Iraqi economy in recent years.

Friday, March 28, 2003 US Watchdog Group Files Nuclear Charges Against Chirac French President Jacques Chirac is guilty of illegal proliferation of nuclear technology and arms trafficking, a judicial watchdog group charges. Judicial Watch has filed legal complaints against the French chief executive with both Interpol and European Police Office (Europol), and is demanding an investigation of the blockbuster charges of massive corruption. Judicial Watch said it had filed complaints "for the unlawful proliferation of nuclear technology, the unlawful trafficking of arms and military technology, and the violation of UN trade sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf War, as well...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON - A conservative political group opened a new front Thursday against Iraqi leaders — in court. Judicial Watch served a subpoena for testimony and documents on Mohammed Al-Douri, who serves as Saddam Hussein's ambassador to the United Nations. Judicial Watch and attorneys from Oklahoma City are suing Iraq on behalf of the victims of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the federal building that killed more than 160 people. The lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleges that Iraq sponsored the bombing in which white supremacist Timothy McVeigh and...

Judicial Watch Slaps Subpoena on Iraqi Ambassador to United Nations Thursday March 27, 2:51 pm ET Testimony, Documents Sought on Iraq's Involvement in Oklahoma City Bombing and 1993 World Trade Center Attack WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today served a subpoena for testimony and documents on Mohammed Al-Douri, who serves as Saddam Hussein's ambassador to the United Nations. Judicial Watch is suing Iraq for victims of the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, OK. A default judgment is pending against Iraq in U.S....

 For Immediate Release Jan 28, 2003 Contact: Press Office202-646-5172 9/11 VICTIM SUES CHAVEZ & VENEZUELA FOR TERRORIST ACTS Evidence That Chavez Aided Bin Laden & Al Qaeda PRESS CONFERENCE DATE: Wednesday, January 29, 2003TIME: 9:30 a.m.PLACE: Sheraton Biscayne Bay Hotel, Room C 495 Brickell Ave., Miami, FL 33131 (Washington, DC / Miami, FL) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that it has filed suit on behalf of a victim and survivor of the September 11th terrorist attacks against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, its President, Hugo Chavez, and the...

<p>SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appellate panel has reinstated part of Gennifer Flowers' defamation suit against political advisers to former President Bill Clinton but said she still faces "an uphill battle" in seeking payment for harm they may have done to her reputation and career as a lounge singer.</p>

3:33PM Halliburton asks court to dismiss lawsuit (HAL) by Shawn Langlois Halliburton (HAL) requested Friday that a federal court dismiss charges from Washington political group Judicial Watch, stating that the group made complaints that were untrue and unsubstantiated "naked allegations." Shares of the oil services giant dipped 30 cents to $14.82 in recent action.

True BelieverBy Steve Rhodes I will spend most of this interview wondering if David Schippers is out of his mind. You remember David Schippers. He is the diehard Chicago Democrat hired by the Republicans to prosecute Bill Clinton’s impeachment. He was the genial, grandfatherly man with the salt-and-pepper beard sitting at the witness table before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, the lawyer barely concealing his contempt for the President, famously peering over his eyeglasses in a dramatic pause and then declaring, “Life was so much simpler before they found that dress, wasn’t it?” Life was so much simpler before I...

Klayman: Cheney'investigating me'Watchdog claims veep has sicced Clinton's old law firm on him Posted: August 15, 20027:07 p.m. Eastern By Paul Sperry© 2002 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON – Government watchdog Larry Klayman today accused the Bush administration of investigating him in an "illegal" effort to "intimidate" him into backing off his own investigation of Vice President Dick Cheney's alleged corporate improprieties. Klayman, chairman and general counsel of public-interest law firm Judicial Watch, said in a letter to President Bush that he has "reason to believe" that the investigation is "likely being conducted" by Cheney's personal law firm, Williams & Connolly LLP. "We have learned...

EXCERPT: Consider the State Department's decision to hire former Clinton Counsel Gregory B. Craig, of Williams & Connolly, LLP, to represent itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former employee Linda Shenwick. She alleges that she was transferred and fired for exposing mismanagement and abuse at the United Nations. The contract calls for Williams & Connolly to be paid as much as $1.46 million, with senior partners such as Craig to be paid upwards of $500 an hour... Conservatives despise Craig for his work defending Clinton during impeachment and representing Elian Gonzalez's father... ...Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage...

<p>Larry Klayman seems to be getting new respect from much of the media.</p> <p>The founder of the advocacy group Judicial Watch, Klayman, a self-described conservative, was often dismissed as a right-wing gadfly when he was suing the Clinton administration. But now that he's turned his legal guns on the Bush folks, things have changed.</p>

For Immediate ReleaseJul 15, 2002 Contact: Press Office202-646-5172 JW VICTORY: COURT ORDERS ASHCROFT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO RELEASE DOCUMENTS ON MEETING WITH TERRORIST FRONT GROUP COURT SETS 30 DAY DEADLINE FOR DOCUMENTS CONCERNING ASHCROFT MEETING WITH HOLY LAND FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today reported that a federal court ordered the Bush Justice Department to release documents concerning contacts by Attorney General Ashcroft with representatives of the Holy Land Foundation, a front group shut down by the Bush Administration in the wake of Judicial Watch and other complaints about...

Brit Hume reported on his "Grapevine" segment of his "Special Report" show that Larry "Mother Suer" Klayman of Judicial Watch FINALLY made the BIG TIME. You see, Klayman, who filed suit after suit after suit against the Clinton administration was ignored regularly by the press. BUT GUESS WHAT?Last night Larry Klayman made all three network newscasts; Brokaw, Jennings, and Rather all found it newsworthy that Larry-boy is ambulance chasing the VEEP.Incredible that they want us to believe they're objective.

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Hoffman & Edelson, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Halliburton Company DOYLESTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2002--Hoffman & Edelson, LLC today announced that it has filed a class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Halliburton Company ("Halliburton" or the "Company") (NYSE:HAL - News) during the period from July 22, 1999 through May 28, 2002, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The complaint charges that Halliburton violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, by issuing a series of materially false and...

Larry Klayman, chairman and general council of Judicial Watch, holds a news conference on suit filed against Vice President Dick Cheney in Miami Wednesday, July 10, 2002. The group said it was suing Cheney and Halliburton Co., the oil services company he ran for five years, alleging fraudulent accounting practices at the company. (AP Photo/Hillery Smith Garrison) Larry Klayman, chairman and general counsel of Judicial Watch, holds a news conference in Miami to announce that Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney Wednesday, July 10, 2002. The group said it was suing Cheney and Halliburton...

Suit Claims Fraud by Cheney, Oil Co. Wed Jul 10,10:41 AM ET By TIM REYNOLDS, Associated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) - A watchdog group on Wednesday sued Vice President Dick Cheney ( news - web sites) and Halliburton Co., the oil services company he ran for five years, based on allegations of accounting fraud. Photos Reuters Photo   Washington-based Judicial Watch filed a shareholder lawsuit against Cheney and Halliburton, alleging that the accounting fraud led to shareholder losses. The lawsuit claims Halliburton overstated revenues by $445 million from 1999 through the end of 2001. "Halliburton overstated profits that many American...

One of Bin Laden’s Goals Achieved Through Attacks of September 11TH (Washington, DC) All of the major news media organizations have reported within the last 24 hours that President Bush is on the verge of formally announcing yet a new Middle East policy, calling for the creation of a provisional Palestinian state, with final borders drawn and full autonomy established within a three year period. Reports claim that President Bush hopes the plan for the new Palestinian state will be adopted at a Middle East peace summit tentatively planned for September. Bush’s formal announcement has been delayed by yet another...

This come from UPI's Capital Comment for June 17, 2002 Judicial Watch watch -- Gen-X Strategies, a political Internet technology company, is no longer servicing the Web site for government-ethics group Judicial Watch as a result of a dispute that has landed in front of a federal judge. Both sides agree that a dispute arose over unpaid bills -- but that is about all they agree on. Gen-X says that, following a similar experience in the fall of 2001, they notified a Judicial Watch attorney in late April they would be shutting down the group's Web site because of...

The buck doesn't stop with Bush Editor's note: The views expressed herein are the personal views of Larry Klayman. [ bloggerjohn's note: I'll say!! Klayman and Klayman alone in all the Universe ] In recent days, new but predictable revelations about government incompetence and recklessness in the weeks leading up to Sept. 11 have emerged. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency had gathered intelligence that Islamic radicals were not only training at American flight schools – with the forecast aim of crashing airliners into the World Trade Center – but general warnings were also picked up, through...

When Bill Clinton left office, conservative gadfly Larry Klayman was locked in combat over Internal Revenue Service audits of the Clinton administration's enemies--including Klayman's Judicial Watch organization. Surprisingly, nothing has changed during 15 months of Republican rule, according to court papers just made public. The unsealed documents reveal that the IRS is still pressing Judicial Watch for truckloads of records and that the Justice Department has rejected Klayman's bid for a criminal investigation into alleged past misuse of the government's taxing arm. In rhetoric once reserved for the Clintons, Judicial Watch's pleading refers to its ''retaliatory, politically-motivated, and unconstitutional audit.''...

April 18, 2002 BY ROBERT NOVAK SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST When Bill Clinton left office, conservative gadfly Larry Klayman was locked in combat over Internal Revenue Service audits of the Clinton administration's enemies--including Klayman's Judicial Watch organization. Surprisingly, nothing has changed during 15 months of Republican rule, according to court papers just made public. The unsealed documents reveal that the IRS is still pressing Judicial Watch for truckloads of records and that the Justice Department has rejected Klayman's bid for a criminal investigation into alleged past misuse of the government's taxing arm. In rhetoric once reserved for the Clintons, Judicial Watch's pleading...

Conservatives thought Clinton-bashing Judge Royce Lamberth was on their team---until he went after the Bushies. Six years ago, nearly 300,000 Native Americans filed a class-action suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior alleging that the department had grossly mismanaged trust funds holding more than $3 billion owed to them from oil and gas leases on Indian land. During the course of the litigation, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth instructed Interior to shore up the abysmal state of computer security for the funds. In response, for almost two years, the department dutifully sent the judge quarterly reports describing the tremendous...