Keepcalmandcarryon thank you I just found further information Sometime before  the BLM documents were produced The court stated  Plaintiff Judicial Watch Inc filed a suit under the Freedom of Information Act seeking to compel defendant Bureau of Land Management to release certain requested documents After both parties filed pleadings defendant released to plaintiff the relevant documents and the parties settled all claims without court intervention     The Las Vegas ReviewJournal article ref  wrote about the political bickering between Reid and Judicial Watch concerning this issue The lawsuit is settled most significantly Judicial Watch apparently hasnt acted on any of the BLM information and Whittemore seems to be a minor figure in stale politics between Judicial Watch and Harry Reid so realistically does this belong in the bio of HW