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Homeland Security gets first blow.

Tom Ridge refused to make public the papers of the Homeland Security Department saying that it was an advisory committee and so not subject to the Freedom of Information Act, Judge says differently.

Source: TheTip, 2002-12-04

Candidate: Homeland Office

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly last week ruled that the White House office must show it had no independent authority in a ruling denying a motion to dismiss a privacy group's lawsuit seeking material under the Freedom of Information Act.

The Office of Homeland Security sought to have the case against the office and its director Tom Ridge dismissed, arguing that it could not be subjected to the Freedom of Information Act information requests because it was not an agency and that its sole function was to advise and assist the president.

Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling granted the Electronic Privacy Information Center's request to obtain information that would establish the status of the White House Office of Homeland Security.
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From: Don
2004-06-21 19:03:03
i lived in pa. for 59 of my 63 years, and the last
few included having ridge as gov.
he was a
total waste to the people then, and he still think
of himself as above the people he is suppose to
work for. he fit's right in with the bush
bunch.arrogant idiot's.
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