Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced today that it is suing the Department of Justice for not releasing documents regarding the late Rep. John Murtha’s, D-Penn., earmark and lobbying activities which the non-profit legal watchdog group requested under the Freedom of Information Act in February.

CREW said privacy concerns were cited as one of the reasons DOJ refused to release the information, pointing out that they do not survive Murtha’s death in 2010.