Yesterday, CREW filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Secret Service for records of all visits Stephen Payne made to the White House and residence of the vice president, following on the heels of a revelation by The London Times that Mr. Payne, a lobbyist and top Bush fundraiser, has attempted to sell access to top administration officials in exchange for contributions to the Bush library.  We know a thing or two about obtaining visitor records from the Bush administration.  CREW recently won a court victory in our lawsuit to obtain White House visitor records .

Interesting that Dana Perino already cited the ongoing litigation as a reason to deny access to Payne's visitor records.  That just doesn't make sense: