A public-interest group has sued the Secret Service for access to White House visitor logs that the group says would show how often lobbyist Jack Abramoff met with President Bush and his staff.Judicial Watch filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington under the federal Freedom of Information Act, claiming that the Secret Service failed to meet a Feb. 21 deadline for releasing the records or indicating how much more time it would need.Secret Service spokesman Tom Mazur said Tuesday that the agency was unaware of the lawsuit. He had no other comment. Abramoff pleaded guilty in January to federal charges stemming from his lobbying practices and pledged to cooperate with investigators....
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