The federal Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit by former National Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers, who was fired by the Bush administration for talking to the press.

Chambers charged that Bush Interior officials destroyed a performance review that would have contradicted statements made by then-deputy director of the National Park Service Donald Murphy in a deposition.

• "D.C. Circuit Rules for Fired Park Police Chief," Courthouse News Service, June 18, 2009, by Nick DiVito 
• Previous Story: WatchDog of Feb. 20, 2004.

The case had been dismissed, but will now go back to trial.