Vincent W. Foster (Clinton Aide)

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Justices Unanimously Bar Release of Photos From the Suicide of a Top Clinton Aide

By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Published: March 31, 2004
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that release of the death-scene photographs of Vincent W. Foster, the Clinton administration's deputy White House counsel who killed himself in 1993, would be an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of Mr. Foster's surviving family members.

The court said the photographs should be shielded from disclosure in a suit brought under the Freedom of Information Act by a California lawyer, Alan J. Favish, who said he doubted the conclusion reached in five separate investigations that Mr. Foster committed suicide.

Mr. Favish's ''bare suspicion'' was an insufficient basis for overcoming the family's privacy rights in light of the scope of the official investigations, the court said, adding that courts should not have to ''engage in a state of suspended disbelief with regard to even the most incredible allegations.''

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In July 1993, Clinton aide Vince Foster was found dead in a Virginia park. The death was officially pronounced a suicide, but rumors abounded that Foster was murdered. Foster's death has ties to several White House scandals, including the administration's handling of "Travelgate," the Waco incident and the Whitewater affair.

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