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HOLLYWOOD
02-01-2011, 03:55 PM
You Aristocracy at work... :rolleyes:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/

Activist group Judicial Watch is appealing a decision by the Air Force to withhold documents (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#)related to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of military airplanes.
Documents released by the Air Force show (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/27/pelosis-chocolate-covered-strawberries-wheres-the-rest-of-the-documents/) Pelosi was provided chocolate-covered strawberries on one flight to celebrate the California Democrat’s birthday, among other luxuries. But of 43 flights, only 11 expense reports were provided to the group.
Jackie Short, a Freedom of Information Act officer at the Air Force, said some of the documents were withheld from release under an exemption for “invasion of personal (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#).”


Judicial Watch is formally appealing, but a final decision could take time. The group sent its original document request in September, but only received a response in January.
Ed. note: this article has been corrected. Pelosi press secretary Drew Hammill said Pelosi staff did not request chocolate-covered strawberries (“dark chocolate preferred”) for their boss. Documents released by Judicial Watch show the in-flight luxury was the idea of Air Force (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#) officials.

AFPVet
02-01-2011, 04:47 PM
You Aristocracy at work... :rolleyes:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/

Activist group Judicial Watch is appealing a decision by the Air Force to withhold documents (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#) related to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of military airplanes.
Documents released by the Air Force show (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/27/pelosis-chocolate-covered-strawberries-wheres-the-rest-of-the-documents/) Pelosi was provided chocolate-covered strawberries on one flight to celebrate the California Democrat’s birthday, among other luxuries. But of 43 flights, only 11 expense reports were provided to the group.
Jackie Short, a Freedom of Information Act officer at the Air Force, said some of the documents were withheld from release under an exemption for “invasion of personal privacy (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#).”


Judicial Watch is formally appealing, but a final decision could take time. The group sent its original document request in September, but only received a response in January.
Ed. note: this article has been corrected. Pelosi press secretary Drew Hammill said Pelosi staff did not request chocolate-covered strawberries (“dark chocolate preferred”) for their boss. Documents released by Judicial Watch show the in-flight luxury was the idea of Air Force (http://dailycaller.com/2011/01/31/air-force-withholds-pelosi-flight-docs-judicial-watch-appealing/#) officials.

Wow....