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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that a watchdog group lacks standing to compel the Secret Service to produce White House visitor records, even though the group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) adequately alleged past injury in fact, because its alleged future injuries are “are too speculative and remote at this point to give CREW standing to seek prospective relief.” The Court granted the Department of Homeland Security’s motion to dismiss. “The Court finds that based on this record CREW does not have standing to seek prospective declaratory or injunctive relief with regards to claim four in the second amended complaint. Even if CREW was able to satisfy the requirements of constitutional standing, it is precluded, based on the D.C. Circuit’s decision in Armstrong v. Bush, from seeking an injunction that would require agency staff to comply with agency recordkeeping guidelines or the FRA, or to retrieve visitor records transferred to the White House. An order consistent with this memorandum opinion will be issued on this same date.” In a related case,