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This is an image of a copy of a birthday card found by US Park Police in Vincent Foster's "family" Honda Accord in the Fort Marcy Park parking lot on July 20, 1993 (the day Foster was found dead). The material was made available through a Freedom Of Information Act suit prosecuted by Accuracy in Media against the US Park Service. Here is a enlargement of the lower-right corner of the card, containing a hand-written greeting. Notice that the name(s) of the sender(s) of the card have apparently been redacted by government officials. The significance of this card in the...

President Clinton's new presidential library, which is being dedicated at a gala ceremony today, has already triggered a politically charged battle over whether the museum's exhibits present a skewed view of history. The $165 million facility opened yesterday for brief tours by members of the press. Reporters quickly noted that the exhibits present Mr. Clinton in a uniformly flattering light, while omitting or downplaying facts that the former president and his allies might view as inconvenient. At several points, the museum's displays also disparage Mr. Clinton's political adversaries. An alcove entitled "The Fight for Power" depicts Mr. Clinton's impeachment as...

Bill Clinton's newly opening library is in denial, which is not the same as saying there's no reason to clap your hands about the place, including its 80 million items soon to be available to scholars and a terrific quote taken from Clinton's first inaugural. "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America," the quote says, according to a news account that tells us that it is found at the start of a timeline of the Clinton presidency. The words have the virtue of speaking truth and of calling us to our...

        Electronic Telegraph / FR archives5/22/95 Ambrose Evans-Pritchard THE mystery over the death of the White House aide Vincent Foster is getting deeper. Records shown to the Telegraph reveal that he had clandestine dealings in Switzerland, and even purchased an airline ticket to Geneva just three weeks before his death. Foster's travels have never come under scrutiny before. Two investigations have concluded that he shot himself on July 20, 1993, because he was upset over harsh editorials in the Wall Street Journal and other mundane matters. But his trips abroad have come as a total surprise to...

The Vince Foster Case - an interview with Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Electronic Telegraph 19 March 1997 Ambrose Evans-Pritchard George Putnam: The internationally-famed Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, one of the top reporters in the world. He writes for the London Sunday Telegraph (sic). He has covered this overall story - of Clinton, the fiasco in the White House - he has concentrated on the Vince Foster story. I asked Ray Briem to come into the studio early to engage in this conversation with Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, for whom we have the greatest respect. It's fascinating, a week ago Sunday that there was a scurrilous attack...

There can be no doubt that we live in one of the most tumultuous political climates of the nation's history, a climate where politicians can be toppled on a whim, election results disputed in the country's highest courts, and governors unceremoniously recalled. It's enough to leave even the most cynical voter asking, how did this happen? Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry's incendiary documentary, based on the best-selling book by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason, offers a glimpse at the genesis of these partisan vendettas and explores the myths and truths behind the nearly 10-year campaign to systematically destroy the political...

On May 17, 2004, the Supreme Court denied my petition for rehearing in my Vincent Foster FOIA case without any explanation and ordered me to pay over $2,000.00 in costs to the Government and to Foster's widow. About $1,700.00 to the Government for printing costs and $300.00 to Foster's widow for filing costs. The judgments and orders are in the Foster section of my web site. You can read my petition at the Foster section of my web site (it is only 10 short pages). The direct link to it is: http://www.allanfavish.com/pet_for_rehearing.pdf My more detailed version at my web site,...

Kerry comes to town If Arkansas is a battleground state in the 2004 presidential race, John Kerry officially enters the combat zone next Wednesday, when he arrives in Little Rock for a fund-raising event and at least one public appearance. The Massachusetts senator will be feted at Kaki Hockersmith's Edgehill home on the evening of May 12. All of the Democratic members of the Arkansas congressional delegation will be on the host committee, along with Gen. Wesley Clark, Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Woody Bassett, Beth and Mike Coulson, and other assorted dignitaries and deep-pocketed donors. An individual ticket will...

My petition for rehearing http://www.allanfavish.com/pet_for_rehearing.pdf (62 KB) received by the Supreme Court on this date. The petition is shorter than my full response of April 10 that was posted to my web site because Supreme Court rules limited the petition to 10 smaller-than-standard sized pages. The purpose for the petition was to set the record straight given that the chances of a rehearing are slim to none. Regards, Allan J. Favishhttp://www.allanfavish.com

My response to the Supreme Court's opinion in my Vincent Foster Freedom of Information Act case is now at my web site at http://www.allanfavish.com/ajf_response_to_decision.htm Read what the media didn't tell you about the opinion. You won't believe your eyes. Regards, Allan J. Favishhttp://www.allanfavish.com

The Supreme Court ruled today the federal government does not have to release four photos of former White House lawyer Vince Foster's dead body because it would cause pain to his family and intrude on their privacy. The decision, which was unanimous, was the result of a request by attorney Allan Favish under the Freedom of Information Act for the release of autopsy and death-scene photos. Favish's request was part of his investigation into Foster's 1993 death, which has been officially ruled a suicide. Foster was a personal friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton and was working on several legal...

This case was about family members' right to privacy, which they claimed was codified as an exception to the disclosure requirement in the FOIA statute v. Favish's right to see some post-death pictures of Vince Foster. Favish lost today in an unanimous decision authored by Justice Kennedy. Thought I'd let people know because while I haven't seen any posts from him lately, Favish used to be a Freeper. File in PDF above - I still can't figure out how to convert it to regular text.

Supreme Court Permits Withholding of Vincent Foster Photographs By Gina Holland Associated Press Writer Published: Mar 30, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government does not have to release 11-year-old photographs from the suicide of Clinton administration White House lawyer Vincent Foster because it would cause his family pain and intrude on their privacy. The unanimous decision makes it more difficult to use a public records law to access federal law enforcement records from autopsies and death scenes. Justices said the privacy rights of survivors must be balanced against the public's right to information. A...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that four death-scene photographs of Vince Foster, the deputy White House counsel who killed himself in 1993, should not be released under the freedom of information law.The top court agreed with government arguments that the photographs taken by the police were exempt from disclosure because their release would cause an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy for Foster's surviving family members. Justice Anthony Kennedy said the Foster family's privacy interest outweighed the public interest in disclosure. "Family members have a personal stake in honoring and mourning their dead and objecting...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government does not have to release 11-year-old photographs from the suicide of Clinton administration White House lawyer Vincent Foster.</p> <p>The unanimous decision makes it more difficult to use a public records law to access law enforcement records. Justices said the privacy rights of survivors outweigh the benefits of releasing some photographs.</p>

Now the Supreme Court is deciding Alan Favish's Freedom Of Infomation Act suit against the government to obtain scene photographs of Vincent Foster's body and its immediate surroundings at Fort Marcy Park. Judging from the briefs and the oral argument, this case should be a no-brainer. The FOIA is designed to compel government to disclose. The privacy argument of "the Foster family" is based upon emotionalism and fraud (typical of Clinton acolytes). The privacy exemption in the FOIA law is a personal exemption; it does not pertain after the subject of the government record has passed on. Why, then, did...

The official transcript of the Supreme Court oral argument from December 3, 2003 in Office of Independent Counsel v. Allan J. Favish (Vince Foster FOIA Case) is now available at the Supreme Court's website at:http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts.html The transcript is an Acrobat PDF file that is 159 KB. Here is a direct link to it:http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/02-954.pdf Regards, Allan J. Favishhttp://www.allanfavish.com

The following is posted with hyperlinks in the Foster section of my website in the table entry dated December 3, 2003 for my FOIA case: Less than an hour after the oral argument I held a 25-minute press conference on the Supreme Court steps that was broadcast in its entirety by C-SPAN on its "America and the Courts" program on Saturday, December 6, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. (PT). The program is available in streaming video at http://www.c-span.org. The streaming video is 52 minutes, eleven seconds in length. My press conference was second on the video, beginning at 25 minutes, 18...

Supreme Court whitewash? Posted: December 11, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The Associated Press story covering the Supreme Court hearing on requested release of Vincent Foster crime-scene photos read as follows: "Five government investigations concluded that White House attorney Vincent Foster's death in 1993 was a suicide." Not true. There haven't been five government investigations. In fact, there hasn't been even one real government investigation. Instead, there have been five cover-ups, all using the same tainted evidence and the same tainted investigators. Attorney Allan Favish believes the public may learn something from 10 unreleased police photos of Foster and has taken...

Tonight on C-SPAN's America and the Courts, attorney and FReeper Allan J. Favish speaks to the press after arguing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for the release of crime scene photos of Vince Foster taken where the former Clinton White House deputy counsel was found dead in Fort Marcy Park, Va. in 1993.America and the Courts runs tonight from 7 p.m. to 7 :55 p.m. EST. Mr. Favish's segment will be played second after another courthouse steps press conference.