BNA Money and Politics (subscription required) reported that on January 12 a federal appeals court ruled that the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) did not have the needed legal standing to sue the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC found that Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) improperly provided a contact list to the President Bush's re-election campaign. CREW then filed an enforcement complaint against the FEC, arguing that the list was worth more than the FEC considered. "CREW attorney Anne Weisman told a three-judge panel during the appellate argument in October that her organization has a right to know more about an in-kind contribution made by ATR to Bush's 2004 campaign in the form of a list of key contacts." What is in consideration is the case of an outside entity indirectly involved challenging the FEC, and the ruling that this independent nonprofit does not have standing to sue.