Foia Requests

Watchdog Groups Slam Military's Ongoing 'Secrecy' Over Camp Lejeune Water Contamination

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Water Contamination, Foia, Department of Defense, Marine Corp, Kathleen Sebelius, Camp Lejeune, Cancer, Project on Government Oversight, Health and Human Services, Pollution, Leon Panetta, FOIA Requests, US Navy, Green News

Government watchdogs are crying "bullshit" and calling the U.S. Navy a "bully" in response to a redacted federal report on the drinking water supply a...

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When the Government Lies

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Secrecy, Department of Justice, Foia, Government Secrecy, Open Government, FOIA Requests, Politics News

The Department of Justice has proposed federal regulations that would authorize the United States government to lie to the American people. This is not as crazy as it seems.

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Shadow Elite: WikiLeaks, FOIA and the Cultural Life of Government Secrecy

Michael G. Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foia, Private Contractors, WikiLeaks Cables, Wikileaks, FOIA Requests, Shadow Elite, Julian Assange Wikileaks, World News

When we become aware of government secrecy -- as we do through redaction in WikiLeaks document dumps -- it raises our consciousness about the exercise of power and especially the potential abuse of that power.

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FOI'led Again! Irish Digital Journalist Uses Freedom of Information to Open Irish Government

John Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Foia, Digital Media, Digital Journalism, Ireland, Irish Government, FOIA Requests, Media News

On his own time and largely his own dime, Gavin Sheridan has been using Freedom of Information requests to accumulate, digitize and disseminate a database of -- until now -- hidden Irish government information.

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Fox Business Sues Federal Reserve

Fox Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Information Act, Federal Reserve, Foia, Fox Business, Fox Business Federal Reserve, FOIA Requests, Media News

FOX Business Network has expanded its quest for documents from the Federal Reserve in order to shed light on which financial firms borrowed funds duri...

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Defense Department Turns Down My FOIA Request for Mohamed Al Hanashi's Autopsy Report

Naomi Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mohammed Al Hanashi, Foia, Doj, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Hanashi, Scott Horton, Gitmo Detainees, Justice Department, FOIA Requests, Gitmo, Binyamin Netanyahu, Politics News

In December 2009 I submitted a FOIA request to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to obtain documents relating to Mohammed al Hanashi's death. In response, I got the runaround.

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The 'Bright Line Rule': New Papers Detail FBI, CIA Wrangle Over Torture

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Detainee FOIA, Harsh Interrogations, FBI CIA, Fbi, Ramzi Binalshibh, Torture Foia, CIA FOIA, Detainees, Cia Harsh Interrogation Techniques, Cia, Waterboarding, FOIA Requests, Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Newly released documents show the FBI interviewed a naked, chained terror suspect back in 2002 as the bureau struggled with the CIA ove...

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Fox News Appeals Ruling For Bailout Disclosure

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foia, Freedom of Information Act, Fox News, FOIA Requests, Fox News FOIA, Media News

Fox News Network LLC on Wednesday appealed a U.S. judge's decision not to force the U.S. Federal Reserve to reveal the names of participants in its em...

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Corporate Jet roup Tries To Block ProPublica Freedom Of Information Act Request

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foia, Freedom of Information Act, Propublica, FOIA Requests, National Business Aviation Association, Media News

That got ProPublica interested in how many other companies had asked the FAA to excise their planes' tail numbers from records tracking private flight...

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Fox News Files Freedom Of Information Request With Department Of Homeland Security Over Right Wing Extremist Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, Freedom of Information Act, Fox News Homeland Security, Foia, FOIA Requests, Homeland Security, Media News

The Huffington Post has obtained a letter from Fox News to the Department of Homeland Security requesting they release the entire report on the right-...

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Obama May Release Torture Documents Exposing Bush Administration Lawbreaking

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Obama Justice Department, Obama FOIA, Bush Justice Department, Freedom of Information Act, ACLU Torture Pull, White House Documents, Justice Department, Aclu v. Department of Justice, White House Memos, John Ashcroft, ACLU Torture, FOIA Requests, Politics News

This week, the Obama administration will face its second significant courtroom test of the president's pledges to end unwarranted secrecy about the wo...

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