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12 Mar 2008 // Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) called on FBI Director Robert S. Mueller to open an investigation into whether White House officials obstructed justice by destroying documents relevant to the criminal investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert CIA identity. More»

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13 Feb 2008 // Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) received correspondence from Sioux Manufacturing regarding the letters CREW sent to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees earlier this month on a lucrative government contract awarded to the company for production of substandard Kevlar helmets. CREW’s letters requested an investigation into a Department of Defense $74 million contract awarded to Sioux Manufacturing. More»

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CREW DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO $74 MILLION CONTRACT TO COMPANY PRODUCING SUBSTANDARD MILITARY HELMETS

6 Feb 2008 // Today, in light of evidence that a company has been outfitting our nation's troops with substandard Kevlar helmets, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees requesting an investigation into a Department of Defense $74 million contract awarded to Sioux Manufacturing.

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29 Jan 2008 // Bush Legacy of Politicizing Civil Rights Continues: Civil Rights Commission is Stacked with Partisans

Washington, DC – This morning, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) hosted a press conference call with the NAACP and MALDEF to demand that U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey rescind a Bush legal memo that authorized deceptive appointments of exclusively partisan Republicans to the bipartisan Civil Rights Commission.

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16 Jan 2008 // Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Media Matters for America sent a letter to CNN’s U.S. President Jonathan Klein, asking that former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, a proven liar with a deep bias against one of the major Republican candidates, no longer be afforded the opportunity to be a part of CNN’s self-proclaimed “best political team on television.” Most recently, Reed provided commentary as a “Republican strategist” during the New Hampshire presidential primary. More»