The organization is suing 12 federal agencies for allegedly channeling basic public information requests through the White House for political screening. The group filed suit Monday in the District of Columbia.Mr. Obama, while campaigning in 2008, promised to have the “most transparent” administration in history. Nevertheless, the administration has been accused of concealing documentation in numerous congressional and other investigations.Meanwhile, Pres. Obama has vowed to govern America increasingly by Executive Order , essentially bypassing duly elected congressional representatives. Recent polls suggest the American people believe the administration has stepped over the line by vowing to bypass Congress and by the alleged withholding of documents from investigators and media.From the IRS scandal to Benghazi, the administration and its appointees have been accused time after time of covering up their tracks by deleting emails and withholding crucial evidence. Eric Holder, the Obama-appointed Attorney General, was held in Contempt of Congress for his alleged role in withholding documents from a congressional investigation into the Fast-and-Furious government gun-running operation.In the latest flap, the lawsuit says the agencies "stonewalled" the organization -- and claims the White House is "influencing" their response to record requests.“Accountable and transparent government does not involve instructing agencies to send politically sensitive records to the White House for review,” said Dan Epstein, Cause of Action’s executive director.In March, an Associated Press investigative report said: "The Obama administration more often than ever censored government files or outright denied access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act." The report also found the government in 2013 "cited national security to withhold information a record 8,496 times -- a 57 percent increase over a year earlier and more than double Obama's first year, when it cited that reason 3,658 times."For its part, the White House claims to be “processing information requests, declassifying records and releasing information.”Cause of Action says its own investigations reveal the White House is “demanding” that agencies turn over congressional and Freedom of Information Act requests and related documents so that White House aides can screen them.