Sen. Mike Crapo says CNN did him wrong. The Idaho Republican became a poster child for the evils of congressional budget earmarking in in a June 28 piece on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees program. The program asked each senator to disclose his or her earmark requests. Here's what CNN correspondent Drew Griffin said about Crapo. "One Senator's office actually had a most creative response to our request. Republican Senator Mike Crapo's press secretary told us that to release the Senator's earmark requests to us would violate federal privacy laws. "According to Senator Crapo, telling the American people how he wants to spend your money is against the law. Of course, we did immediately ask for an interview. And his press secretary declined, saying they saw no benefit in explaining that." (Click here for the full CNN transcript.) CNN didn't tell the whole story, Crapo told the Statesman editorial board Friday -- Kevin Richert/Spokesman-Review.
Question: Is Crapo trying to spin this to address political fallout? Or was he done wrong by CNN?
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earmarking in in a June 28 piece on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees program. The program asked each senator to disclose his or her earmark requests. Here's what CNN correspondent Drew Griffin said about Crapo. "One Senator's office actually had a most creative response to our request. Republican Senator Mike Crapo's press secretary told us that to release the Senator's earmark requests to us would violate federal privacy laws. "According to Senator Crapo, telling the American people how he wants to spend your money is against the law. Of course, we did immediately ask for an interview. And his press secretary declined, saying they saw no benefit in explaining that." (Click here for the full CNN transcript.) CNN didn't tell the whole story, Crapo told the Statesman editorial board Friday -- Kevin Richert/Spokesman-Review.
