Dean: David Safavian Guilty Verdict Doesn't End Republican Culture of

For Immediate Release
June 20, 2006
Contact: Stacie Paxton/Mark Paustenbach - 202-863-8148

Dean: David Safavian Guilty Verdict Doesn't End Republican Culture of
Corruption

Washington, DC - DNC Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following
statement in response to the guilty verdict of former White House
official David Safavian.

Chairman Dean also announced that the DNC will file an appeal tomorrow
with the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Administration to
receive information on which units of the "White House Office" have the
Worker and Visitor Entrance (WAVE) records documenting how many times
Jack Abramoff, Michael Scanlon, Grover Norquist, Patrick Pizzella, and
Ralph Reed and Safavian himself visited the White House. In May, the DNC
filed its second Freedom Of Information Act request to receive this
information from the White House Office of Administration but was told
that under the Bush Administration the records are "maintained by the
White House Office," not the Office of Administration. The "White House
Office" consists of a number of offices.

"The guilty verdict of former Bush White House Chief Procurement
Officer David Safavian is another sign that the grip of the Republican
culture of corruption and abuses of power in Washington is loosening,
but it's just the tip of the iceberg," said Chairman Dean. "From the
indictment of Vice President Cheney's Chief of Staff to investigations
involving Republican Senate Majority Leader Frist, Republican
Congressman Ney and Tom DeLay, to tax breaks for big oil and
pharmaceutical companies slipped into legislation in the middle of the
night, while the Republican Congress watered down real ethics reform,
the list of Republican abuses goes on an on.

"Perhaps in the wake of this guilty verdict the Bush White House will
reconsider its stonewalling tactics and finally decide to provide
answers to the many unanswered questions about the true extent and
nature of contacts between Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and
his cronies including Safavian and White House officials. In case they
do not, tomorrow the DNC will again seek the public records of White
House visits by Jack Abramoff and his associates."

Copies of the DNC's FOIA request can be obtained through the DNC press
office at 202-863-8148.

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Say it as it is brother Dean!

who are today Young Republicans on college campuses avoiding serving their country. Tomorrow's chickenhawks and corporate criminals.

docs failed (sorry, I can see the guy's face in my head but can't recall his name or org.)

They requested the records directly from the Secret Service on visits by Abramoff, and when they finally got them, it only showed 3. They the story surfaced that the WH changed it's operations and the SS didn't keep those recordes anymore!

Dean is smarter than that! He's asking which units of the WH" have the visitor info! THEN he can demad that info from the unit that has it!

I realize Howard is NOT a lawyer. He must have some good ones working for him!

GO DEAN!!!!!!!!