Judicial Watch

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/28/13 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it received documents on March 19, 2013, from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing that Deputy Secretary of State William Corr had sent highly politicized letters to the governors of all 50 states attacking ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/13 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has received documents from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing that its National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) has awarded $5,877,710 dollars to 49 victims in claims made against the highly controversial HPV ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 02/20/13 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Obama Administration's Office of the Director of National Intelligence seeking access to records detailing the September 11, 2012, terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/15/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that Obama administration officials disclosed in sworn court documents that sensitive information released to the filmmakers for the upcoming film on the bin Laden raid, Zero Dark Thirty, could cause an "unnecessary security and counterintelligence risk" if ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- Judicial Watch, the nation's largest government watchdog organization, and Victory Film Group, announced today that their hard-hitting feature documentary "District of Corruption" will open on Friday, November 9, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona, at the AMC Desert Ridge 18. "District of Corruption" puts ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- Judicial Watch and Breitbart.com today released the results of an election night survey of voters conducted by Public Opinion Strategies. The poll reflects the responses of 800 actual 2012 voters. Highlights include: A large majority of respondents (65%) "strongly support" voters being required ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/01/12 -- Judicial Watch today released "The End of the Death Penalty Initiative," a special report on the administration and impact of California's death penalty. The report also raises questions about California Proposition 34, also known as the "Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 10/22/12 -- Judicial Watch, the nation's largest government watchdog organization, and Victory Film Group announced today the release of a new documentary film, "The District of Corruption," which puts the spotlight on Judicial Watch's epic battle against government scandal, secrecy and corruption through the ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 09/25/12 -- Judicial Watch announced that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on September 20, 2012, against the United States Secret Service to obtain records detailing any government funds expended on First Daughter Malia Obama's March 2012 Spring Break vacation to ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 09/13/12 -- Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)) against the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking access to Operation Fast and Furious records withheld from Congress by President ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 08/28/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Department of Defense (DOD) regarding meetings and communications between government agencies and Kathryn Bigelow, the Academy Award-winning director of The Hurt Locker, and screenwriter Mark ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 08/16/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on August 15, 2012, against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents related to ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 08/15/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) detailing questionable expenses at the agency, including a $479,354 bill for sign language translation services to assist two entry level employees and a "Banking Law Fundamentals" ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicating that the General Services Administration (GSA), with the blessing of the Obama White House, instructed law enforcement officers to "stand down" and not arrest "Occupy ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 08/07/12 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that on July 18, 2012, it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Vern McKinley v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission (No. 1:12-cv-01176)) ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 07/26/12 -- Judicial Watch announced today that on July 18, 2012, it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Department of the Navy (No. 1:12-cv-01182)) against the United States Navy for records detailing "any funeral ceremony, rite or ritual" for ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 07/25/12 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that on July 18, 2012, it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (No. 1:12-cv-01181)) against the ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 07/19/12 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that on July 17, 2012, it filed an amicus curiae brief with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in support of HB 934, a voter identification measure signed into ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 07/18/12 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it has obtained records from the United States Air Force and the United States Secret Service detailing Michelle Obama's February 2012 President's Day weekend ski vacation to ... read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- (Marketwire) -- 06/18/12 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (No. 12-0921)) on June 6, 2012, with ... read more