Burnt Orange Report

Is Karl Rove Telling the Truth?

By Byron LaMasters

Karl Rove says that he hasn't spoken with major Bush fundraiser and major Swift Boat Vets for Truth financier in a year. Is Karl Rove telling the truth?

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a Freedom of Information Act Request in order to find out:

Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) with the White House asking it to detail its contacts with individuals connected to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT).

CREW asked the White House to release information regarding contacts between the Executive Office of the President and: any member of SBVT; SBVT donors Harlan Crow, Bob J. Perry [...]

The White House has claimed no involvement with SBVT or the group’s anti-Kerry campaign ads, a claim undermined by recent revelations that Mr. Cordier, who appears in one of SBVT’s advertisements was on the Bush campaign’s veterans steering committee at the time he made the ad, and by the fact that a Kerry campaign volunteer picked up a flier for SBVT at the Bush-Cheney ‘04 campaign offices in Gainesville, Florida.

CREW’s executive director Melanie Sloan stated “Despite evidence to the contrary, the Bush Administration has repeatedly claimed that it has nothing to do with SBVT or its ads. If this is true, then the White House should have no qualms about releasing information regarding any contacts between White House officials and those connected with SBVT.”

This could get interesting...