As so often is the case when it comes to stories about big "document dumps" as they are affectionately called in Washington, D.C., the release of Hillary Clinton's schedules from her time as First Lady did not provide any immediate news windfall for the group that requested their release.

That group, Judicial Watch, had been a thorn in the side of the Clinton Administration on a number of fronts.  They got a lot of play in the run-up to the release of the documents by the National Archives and Clinton Library, but in the end, they had no news summary to offer an inquiring reporter.

"At some point, but not this week," said Judicial Watch Director of Public Relations Jill Farrell in an email.

Judicial Watch had wanted the information to be able to see who Hillary Clinton had met with during her efforts at health care reform, much as Democratic groups have demanded to know who Vice President Cheney met with on his efforts to forge new energy policies.

But going through the documents did not provide any details - at least not to this reporter - and I certainly haven't seen anything about it from other news organizations.

Hillary met repeatedly with a certain group of White House aides.  I didn't recognize any outside names that were involved, but maybe someone with more time invested in this story will be able to make a link that I missed.

So instead of that angle, the news media focused on the logical default story, which was what was Hillary doing while Bill was having fun with Monica Lewinsky.

(Answer: The First Lady was walking the same halls of the White House complex most of the time.)

It is once again a reminder that often the news story is much bigger about the demands for the release of certain documents, like say, a candidate's tax returns, than it is about the actual news worthiness of those same documents.

Those kind of stories can make a lot of noise in a political campaign, and more often that not, when the documents are finally released after weeks of teeth gnashing and grinding, there isn't much news.

Maybe Judicial Watch will wash my mouth out with soap next week when they uncover some grand link deep in those schedule details. 

But I think I would put more money on American University to get to the Final Four than Judicial Watch at this point.

Stay tuned.