Earthshaking news here. Aren't websites considered beneath the drive-by media? Guess not when they have a chance to take another cheapshot at the President.
WASHINGTON - A liberal watchdog group published on its Web site Monday a picture of President Bush and imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the kind of photo the White House has refused to release.
The picture was taken at a campaign fundraiser in December 2003, according to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. It was taken by a private photo contractor who posted it on a Web site, but then was removed before it made it into distribution, said Melanie Sloan, CREW's director.
A previous photo of Bush and the disgraced lobbyist surfaced last year but Abramoff was in the background, slightly blurry.
"This is the one they didn't want you to see," Sloan said.
Kim Eisler, Washingtonian magazine writer and a friend of Abramoff's, confirmed the photo's authenticity for The Associated Press. He said he had seen the picture at Abramoff's house.
The White House did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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