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...known, has eliminated any public record of his guests and their visits. His office has directed the U.S. Secret Service to turn over the visitor logs so they can be treated in effect as classified documents. No copies can be kept. According to declarations filed May 25 in a lawsuit, the directive was initiated in 2001 and quietly reiterated nine months ago as the Washington Post and a public interest group were trying to track appearances by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff...
...Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is trying to pry open Cheney's hidden world in a lawsuit seeking Secret Service records of visitors to the White House and vice presidential residence. The group's chief counsel, Anne Weismann, told TIME that such logs would help illuminate the kind of outsiders who influence national policy...
...fisherman since he was 16, sits awkwardly in his living room amid a mess of pink toys, dolls and DVDs belonging to his three young daughters. He was reared in a code of strength and guts, yet now he speaks of being "spooked by the sea." His lawsuit claims he was so traumatized by the sinking that he could not return to fishing and was left unemployed. "They used to say the boats were made of stick and the men were made of steel," he says. "That's not how it is anymore. Men aren't as tough as they...
...Radiant was one of Scotland's newest fishing boats, with the highest safety rating available. But when its nets became tangled with a seabed obstruction, its powerful winches anchored it to the seabed, causing the craft to list and take on water, according to a government report. The lawsuit contends that the skipper failed to correct the problem, though he and the boat's owners all deny liability...
...communities like Rosehearty. Fishermen shake their heads to learn that the Radiant was launched on a Friday the 13th. To locals inclined to this traditional way of thinking, the idea of litigating over an accident at sea is unimaginable. Beedie says he's been verbally attacked and told his lawsuit is "disgraceful." Alex Smith, a skipper from nearby Arbroath, says the case could spell the end of a time-honored code of conduct that requires fishermen to respect their skippers. "Suing because you are upset?" says Smith. "If they win, it will turn the whole system on its head...