Felonies and Favors: A Friends of the Attorney General Gathers Information From the Justice Department
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Levin Center Identifier
Document Date
2000-07-27
Report Length
15 pages
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Additional, Minority, Dissenting Views
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Found Using Methodology
Yes
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Brief Executive Summary
The House Committee on Government Reform investigated the efforts of Rebekah Poston, a prominent Miami lawyer and a friend of the Attorney General, to obtain confidential law enforcement information from the Justice Department. The report states Poston used her influence within the Justice Department to secure a one-time reversal of a longstanding policy, raising concerns about the Department's reluctance to investigate allegations of improper access to law enforcement databases and its application of a more lenient legal standard to FOIA requests made by a friend of the Attorney General.