11. Another stumbling block is how -- and when -- the industry will release secret documents. 12. Anne Womack, a White House spokeswoman, said Thursday that the Clinton administration documents were released to Congress because Clinton had not objected to their release. 13. Asked about the delay in releasing the documents, the president insisted there was no effort to hide them. 14. At a hearing, the committee released documents showing the intense backdoor efforts to present the case for a pardon in the final weeks of the Clinton presidency. 15. Before the documents were released, environmentalists feared Bush would act to weaken this aspect of the Clean Air Act. 16. Bliley, a Virginia Republican, said the documents would be released after a bipartisan Commerce Committee review of the records. 17. A federal judge had ordered the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Transportation to release the documents earlier this year. 18. A federal judge ordered the documents released to NRDC and an activist group earlier this week. 19. Aides to Clinger also released other documents Thursday that they said showed a fear among White House staff members that their report might be seen as a cover-up. 20. Aides to Clinger also released other documents Thursday that they said showed that White House staff members feared their report might be interpreted as a cover-up. |