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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>WASHINGTON -- Juanita Broaddrick, the Arkansas
woman who told a nationwide television audience she
was raped by Bill Clinton, filed suit yesterday, accusing
the president's office and Justice Department of
conducting a campaign to "smear and destroy her
reputation."
The civil suit, filed in U.S. District Court, is the first legal
action Broaddrick has taken since she was interviewed
by NBC News earlier this year regarding her allegations
of sexual assault, according to her lawyer, Judicial
Watch Chairman Larry Klayman.
Broaddrick charges Clinton raped her while serving as
Arkansas attorney general in 1978.
Klayman, whose Judicial Watch has filed several
lawsuits against the Clinton White House, said that the
administration's action is a violation of existing privacy
laws.
Broaddrick's suit requests that the White House and
Justice Department be ordered to produce any records
related to her and to stop "unlawfully disseminating
information from Plaintiff's FBI and/or government files."
"We want to find out what information they have on her
in violation of the Privacy Act and how she's been
damaged by that information," Klayman said. "We
know based on the Filegate lawsuit that the White
House keeps files of perceived adversaries and critics."
"Filegate" refers to a disclosure that the Clinton White
House improperly maintained possession of
approximately 700 FBI background files, including the
files of many prominent political opponents. Broaddrick
wrote the White House Oct. 12 seeking documents
related to her. That request was denied by the White
House, according to documents filed with the lawsuit.
But Associate White House Counsel Meredith E. Cabe
replied in an Oct. 27 letter that federal laws involving
disclosure "apply only to records maintained by
'agencies' within the Executive Branch."
"The President's immediate personal staff and units in
the Executive Office of the President whose sole
function is to advise and assist the President are not
included with the term 'agency' under the FOIA and
Privacy Act," she wrote. Thus, Cabe concluded,
Broaddrick does not have a statutory right to the
records, "if such records exist."
Klayman disputes the White House's legal position. He
says the administration has acknowledged in the past it
is subject to the provisions of federal laws and that a
recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth
in the FBI files matter supports that position.
A public opinion poll by Zogby International last March
showed most Americans either believe Clinton is guilty
of the rape of Juanita Broaddrick in 1978, or say that
more information is needed to make a true judgment.
Few respondents believed Clinton's denial. In the poll,
Zogby questioned 908 likely voters and found that those
who have made a decision about the alleged assault
believe Broaddrick's allegations by a margin of 2-1.
Last week, the Broaddrick allegation entered the
presidential election race as Vice President Al Gore was
questioned by a New Hampshire resident on national
television about his view of the charge.
"After seeing scandals in Washington, my question to
you is not a question about the man, or the presidential
candidate, but a question to you as a husband, as a
father and as a student of Christianity," said Katherine
Prudhomme, a former Democrat now supporting Sen.
John McCain. "When Juanita Broaddrick made the
claim, that I felt credible, that she was raped by Bill
Clinton, did that change your opinion about him being
one of the best presidents in history? And do you
believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? And what did you
tell your son about this?"
Gore spent several uncomfortable minutes trying to
answer the question. He claimed not to have seen the
NBC News interview.
The White House had no comment on the suit. [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>WASHINGTON -- Juanita Broaddrick, the Arkansas
woman who told a nationwide television audience she
was raped by Bill Clinton, filed suit yesterday, accusing
the president's office and Justice Department of
conducting a campaign to "smear and destroy her
reputation."
The civil suit, filed in U.S. District Court, is the first legal
action Broaddrick has taken since she was interviewed
by NBC News earlier this year regarding her allegations
of sexual assault, according to her lawyer, Judicial
Watch Chairman Larry Klayman.
Broaddrick charges Clinton raped her while serving as
Arkansas attorney general in 1978.
Klayman, whose Judicial Watch has filed several
lawsuits against the Clinton White House, said that the
administration's action is a violation of existing privacy
laws.
Broaddrick's suit requests that the White House and
Justice Department be ordered to produce any records
related to her and to stop "unlawfully disseminating
information from Plaintiff's FBI and/or government files."
"We want to find out what information they have on her
in violation of the Privacy Act and how she's been
damaged by that information," Klayman said. "We
know based on the Filegate lawsuit that the White
House keeps files of perceived adversaries and critics."
"Filegate" refers to a disclosure that the Clinton White
House improperly maintained possession of
approximately 700 FBI background files, including the
files of many prominent political opponents. Broaddrick
wrote the White House Oct. 12 seeking documents
related to her. That request was denied by the White
House, according to documents filed with the lawsuit.
But Associate White House Counsel Meredith E. Cabe
replied in an Oct. 27 letter that federal laws involving
disclosure "apply only to records maintained by
'agencies' within the Executive Branch."
"The President's immediate personal staff and units in
the Executive Office of the President whose sole
function is to advise and assist the President are not
included with the term 'agency' under the FOIA and
Privacy Act," she wrote. Thus, Cabe concluded,
Broaddrick does not have a statutory right to the
records, "if such records exist."
Klayman disputes the White House's legal position. He
says the administration has acknowledged in the past it
is subject to the provisions of federal laws and that a
recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth
in the FBI files matter supports that position.
A public opinion poll by Zogby International last March
showed most Americans either believe Clinton is guilty
of the rape of Juanita Broaddrick in 1978, or say that
more information is needed to make a true judgment.
Few respondents believed Clinton's denial. In the poll,
Zogby questioned 908 likely voters and found that those
who have made a decision about the alleged assault
believe Broaddrick's allegations by a margin of 2-1.
Last week, the Broaddrick allegation entered the
presidential election race as Vice President Al Gore was
questioned by a New Hampshire resident on national
television about his view of the charge.
"After seeing scandals in Washington, my question to
you is not a question about the man, or the presidential
candidate, but a question to you as a husband, as a
father and as a student of Christianity," said Katherine
Prudhomme, a former Democrat now supporting Sen.
John McCain. "When Juanita Broaddrick made the
claim, that I felt credible, that she was raped by Bill
Clinton, did that change your opinion about him being
one of the best presidents in history? And do you
believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim? And what did you
tell your son about this?"
Gore spent several uncomfortable minutes trying to
answer the question. He claimed not to have seen the
NBC News interview.
The White House had no comment on the suit. [/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!