
Written By : Richard Berkow
February 22, 2014
In the wake of President Obama’s 23rd vacation,
Judicial Watch estimated
the first family has milked the public trough for more than $18 million
in hotel and resort expenses, security costs, car rentals and airfare.
And the “most transparent administration in history” has been anything
but cooperative, the Washington Examiner reported last week.
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The Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group has been forced to file a stream of
Freedom of Information Act requests because of White House stonewalling.

“The Obama administration has simply stopped voluntarily producing
information about the costs of travel,” Judicial Watch President
Tom Fitton told Secrets, according to the
Examiner. “It is radio silence. They are in cover-up mode.”
On Jan. 13, Fitton’s group sued the Secret Service and the Department
of Defense for details on how much taxpayer money was spent in 2013 on
seven lavish Obama trips to global destinations, including Spain,
Ireland and Africa.
Secret Service FOIA responses proved anemic, stymieing Judicial
Watch’s efforts to fulfill its stated mission to “ensure that political
officials do not abuse power entrusted to them by the American people.”
“The Obamas are abusing the perks of public office,” Fitton
said. “Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for their luxury travel.”
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