Two watchdog groups that sued the Bush administration over the loss of 14 million e-mails filed court papers seeking a stay of their lawsuit while they negotiate a settlement with the Obama administration to resolve the matter.
“There is good cause to grant this motion and stay the case, as the parties have already begun to engage in discussions to resolve the issues raised in these cases through settlement, and more time is needed to conduct these discussions,” says the motion filed by Jones Day, the attorneys who represent George Washington University’s National Security Archive in their lawsuit filed against the Bush administration. “The interests of justice will be furthered by allowing the parties ample time to discuss the possible resolution of these cases without further litigation.”
Anne Weismann, chief counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the Bush White House, said she was "pleased the [Obama] administration is willing to work with us to find a resolution to this lawsuit outside of litigation.
"Hopefully through this process we can finally learn what happened to the millions of missing emails from the Bush administration and restore for the American public their rightful legacy," Weismann added.
Settlement talks in the long-running legal battle come two months after President Barack Obama’s Justice Department quietly filed a court motion asking a federal court judge to dismiss the case.
Obama’s Justice Department sought the dismissal one day after Obama was sworn in as President of the United States and in the same week that he signed executive orders ushering in a new era of government transparency.
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