Watchdog group files suit to gain access to Alaska Rep. Don Young's FBI investigation files.

From ADN:

With its Freedom of Information Act requests rebuffed, a Washington, D.C.-watchdog group filed suit against the Justice Department on Wednesday, seeking the files of at least two FBI corruption investigations of Alaska Rep. Don Young.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said the Justice Department is improperly withholding the files now that the investigations are closed and Young won't be prosecuted.
The Justice Department says its criminal investigation files are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act because subjects who are not charged are protected by privacy laws.

Young, a Republican, was the subject of a longstanding FBI investigation into his relationships with the defunct oil-field service company Veco and two of its top executives, Bill Allen and Rick Smith, both convicted of bribery. The FBI also looked into his notorious Coconut Road interchange earmark, sought by a Florida developer who provided Young with campaign contributions.

In August 2010, Young announced that the Justice Department informed his attorneys that he would not be charged and that the investigations were over. Young has not agreed to any interviews on the investigations, which could be reopened if new evidence surfaced.

You know I am usually a big fan of privacy, but I have to admit I would LOVE to get a look inside these files. I have little doubt that Young is just about as dirty as they come and I think we all should have the chance to see just how dirty that is.

However as curious as I am, I would gladly bypass the opportunity to see these files if that meant the information in them would be used to provide context for newly discovered evidence in a spanking new investigation, one that would actually see "Coconut Don" behind bars.  I may be selfish, but I am not THAT selfish.