Democrat Plot Thickens As Scandal Sources Revealed

Watchdog Group Disputes FBI's Claims on E-Mails

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 6, 2006; Page A04

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.

Gee who do I believe here...the FBI or an extreme Left-wing hit group? Decisions, decision. The more this scandal comes to light, the more the surrounding political machinations stink to high heaven,

Foley was wrong and he needed to go, there's no doubt about that. The attempt by the Democrats to smear the entire Republican Party is hypocritical and equally wrong. The Democrat Party has, through their relentless pursuit of power, been reduced to a cynical, hypocritical, mendacious organization full of petty politicians whose only offering is hatred and complaint. They offer no alternatives to Republican policies and are continually attempting to turn the argument away from policy to personal attack.

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