Thursday, January 14, 2010

Obama Administration (Again) Refuses to Turn Over Documents Regarding its Decision not to Prosecute New Black Panthers to Civil Rights Commission...

From Weasel Zippers:

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(Washington Times)- The Justice Department refused Tuesday to turn over most of the information and documents sought by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights explaining why a civil complaint was dismissed against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 elections.

In a 38-page response, the department objected — except for a few court records, letters and procedural documents — to "each and every" question and document request submitted by the commission, saying the subpoenas violated existing executive orders, privacy and privilege concerns, and were burdensome, vague and ambiguous.

The lengthy response, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, also said the requested information and documents were protected by the attorney-client privilege or were not subject to disclosure because they included attorney or law enforcement work products.

The department also refused to release any information about an investigation of the New Black Panther Party case by its office of professional responsibility, saying the ongoing review was privileged information or was covered by the Privacy Act.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There was a prosecution (under the Bush Justice Dept.?) and the government got a default judgment against the Black Panther dudes.

The Obama Justice Dept. refused to proceed to sentencing and apparently withdrew the government's criminal complaint.

So it is worse than just "not prosecuting" them.

Pastorius said...

Yes, you are right about that. Thanks for the clarification.