Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch identifies itself as an American conservative non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law. It conducts education on ethics and morality in our nation's public life. Using public records, the Freedom of Information Act and litigation, investigates "misconduct by government officials and litigation to hold to account politicians and public officials who engage in corrupt activities. "[1]
In assessing the role of such an organization, which describes itself as "nonpartisan", the challenge is to see if it is not only nonpartisan in terms of formal political parties, but is equally willing to investigate corruption by liberal or conservative politicians. Within the technical definition of nonpartisanship, it is possible to be quite ideologically driven, and, indeed, both major U.S. political parties are restructuring to find a new ideological equilibrium.
Its homepage lists what it describes as issues of interest to the organization, as well as information on individual politicians; some issues are framed in terms of individuals
- Investigation of ACORN
- Pelosi Air Force Scandal
- Financial Crisis Investigation
- Illegal Immigration
- Political Corruption
- Emoluments/Hillary Clinton
- Joe the Plumber Lawsuit
- Gardasil
- Security & Prosperity Partnership
It obtained, through the Freedom of Information Act, a 2001 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, "National Security Division's Counterespionage Section's Report on Significant Export Control Cases since September 2001". [2]