Judge orders FBI to release much of its interview with Cheney during CIA leak investigation. A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

Judge orders FBI to release much of its interview with Cheney during CIA leak investigation. A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its notes from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

A federal judge ordered the US Justice Department to release significant portions of statements former vice president Dick Cheney made to the FBI about the Valerie Plame case.

New details about EnsignÕs affair warrant consideration by Senate ethics committee. Politicians who resort to stonewalling to hide the truth from the public often learn the hard way that this strategy eventually backfires.

Ensign says lobbying job for former mistress' husband complied with ethics rules and laws. Sen. John Ensign said Tuesday that he will not resign, even as a watchdog group raised questions about whether he improperly tried to appease his mistress' husband with a lobbying job and made phone calls on behalf of the man's clients.

Majority leader, like potential GOP opponent, calls scandal Ôpersonal matterÕ. Carson City

WASHINGTON ? The last time the Senate voted to expel one of its own was during the Civil War ? the Club of 100 prefers instead to let voters decide whether lawmakers should stay or go.

APNewsBreak: GOP NJ governor candidate topped federal guidelines on travel. The Republican candidate for New Jersey governor, who has campaigned on a platform of ethical integrity and cutting government waste, regularly spent beyond federal guidelines on business travel while U.S. attorney, records show.

US Representative Michael E. Capuano tried to distance himself in March from a potential Capitol Hill scandal, donating to charity $64,500 his campaign committee had collected through a high-powered lobbying firm that is the subject of a federal pay-to-play investigation. But Capuano has failed to return or give away at least another $47,500 that employees of the firm, PMA Group, and its associates, had given to a separate political action committee that he created in 2005, MASS PAC, according to a Globe analysis. Asked about the discrepancy, a spokeswoman for his US Senate campaign, Alison Mills, said the failure to scrub the PAC account was an oversight. She said his political staff is now going through records to identify PMA-related contributions to MASS PAC, an entity known as a leadership PAC, which many politicians operate to raise and donate funds to further their political careers and causes they support. ``We were focused on making sure that every dollar donated to the Capuan

Cheney told FBI he had no idea who leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Citing faulty memory, former Vice President Dick Cheney told federal investigators in a 2004 interview he had no idea who revealed to reporters that Valerie Plame, the wife of a Bush administration critic, worked for the CIA.

Cheney's FBI interview featured 72 instances in which he said he could not recall. Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

Cheney's FBI interview featured 72 times in which he said he could not recall. Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald famously declared in the Valerie Plame affair that "there is a cloud over the vice president." Last week's release of an FBI interview summary of Dick Cheney's answers in the criminal investigation underscores why Fitzgerald felt that way.

Ensign trying to move past affair, but comparison to Clinton makes it difficult. Two months after a weary looking John Ensign hastily confessed to having an extramarital affair with a former campaign aide who was his best friend's wife, the Nevada senator set out to reconstruct his image before a forgiving crowd in the Fernley Community Center.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a shift in policy, President Barack Obama said on Friday his White House will release the names of most visitors to satisfy watchdog groups who demanded to know which lobbyists might be attempting to influence policy.

White House to make visitor logs public; move comes after internal review. President Barack Obama said Friday that his administration will start releasing the names of people who visit the White House, reversing a long-standing policy transcending both Democratic and Republican presidents.

Ethics panel clears Dodd, Conrad of breaking Senate rules with VIP mortgages from Countrywide. The Senate ethics panel cleared Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad Friday of breaking rules by getting mortgages through a VIP program, but it scolded them for not being more careful to avoid the appearance of sweetheart deals.

White House visitors will be disclosed under ObamaÕs new policy. On Jan. 21, his first full day in office, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would usher in Òa new era of openness.Ó He wanted to quickly break with the administration of former President George W. Bush, which was notoriously secretive.

A watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to look into the 2007 sale of a drug store owned by a congressman who is a key figure in the national health care debate after reports he may have profited excessively from the sale.

Ark. Rep. Ross, Blue Dog's leader on health care, sold pharmacy for more than apparent value. By all indications, the Holly's Health Mart drugstore owned by Rep. Mike Ross and his wife appeared to be worth no more than $300,000.

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