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In a separate but related the lawsuit, rather than face Judicial Watch lawyers in court, the FBI and the Department of Justice offered a settlement to Judicial Watch client and former FBI Special Agent M. Dennis Sculimbrene. Sculimbrene exposed key facts related Hillary Clinton's role in the Filegate scandal. He was then subjected to retaliation, including an illegal FBI background check, the removal of his White House pass, and forced retirement.

As I've said time and time again, with the Clintons, past is prologue. That is one reason why Judicial Watch is so aggressive in pursuing our investigations and lawsuits related to the Clinton scandals.

I'll be sure to keep you updated on the status of the Filegate litigation.

Senate Showdown over Democrats' Obstruction of Bush Judicial Appointments

Republicans finally appear to be showing some backbone in pressing for President Bush's judicial nominees to receive up-or-down votes. Senator Arlen Specter has said he is prepared to "shut the Senate down" until progress is made. The question is: Is it too little, too late?

This according to The Wall Street Journal: (web site)

"It's not every day that a Member of the world's greatest deliberative body stops by to chat about his plans 'to close the Senate down.' Especially if his name is Arlen Specter. But the Pennsylvania Republican tells us he's concluded that this is the only way to prod Democrats to vote on, or even hold confirmation hearings on, President Bush's appeals-court nominees...

"...Mr. Specter says he has recommended that Republicans 'go full steam ahead' until Democrats agree to hold confirmation votes. He has in mind a series of procedural stalls that would make it next to impossible for the Senate to get anything done. These could include refusing to accept the usual unanimous consent motion to have the previous day's deliberations entered into the official record without a formal reading, a process that would take hours. So would reading the text of many bills, which can run to hundreds of pages."

Specter certainly has reason to gripe. Just look at the numbers. As the Journal points out, when Specter was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the Republican controlled Senate confirmed 15 of Bill Clinton's appellate court nominees. Leahy has confirmed six with no plans to move forward on the other 11 nominations, some of which involve positions that have been deemed "judicial emergencies."

Of course, the numbers do not tell the whole sordid story. Leahy and other liberals in the Senate have played politics with the judicial confirmation process ever since President Bush took office. They even resorted to unconstitutional filibusters of judicial nominations during President Bush's first term. Senate Republicans have repeatedly backed down (see Senator John McCain's "Gang of 14") and the Democrats and their liberal special interest allies continue to have the upper hand.

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