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Pentagon Emails Suggest Distrust Over Ally Canada

AP | TED BRIDIS | Posted 12.03.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Spy, Canadian Spies, Coins, Canadian Mint, Foia, Maple Leaf, Spying, Northern Command, Espionage, Defense Department, Canada, Poppy Coins, Poppy Quarter, Skif, World News

WASHINGTON — Can Canada be trusted? In the midst of what turned out to be a bogus espionage scare over commemorative coins, senior Pentagon off...

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The Failure of the Federalist, No. 10

Shahid Buttar | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, War Crimes, Supreme Court, Foia, Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Torture Photos, National Security, Accountability, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Will President Obama serve as the beacon of hope in government that he pretended to be throughout last year's campaign, or did he merely pander to the public in order to pursue his personal ambitions?

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Robert Gates Bars Release Of Torture Photos

Mother Jones | Nick Baumann | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Freedom of Information Act, Joe Lieberman, Foia, Torture Photos, Robert Gates, Abu Ghraib, Politics News

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has used powers granted to him by a controversial new law to block the court-ordered release of numerous photos of deta...

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Michele Brown: Christie Aide Who Got Loan May Have Helped Chris Christie Campaign For NJ Governor

New York Times | DAVID M. HALBFINGER | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, Loan, Chris Christie, Doj, Bush, Michele Brown, Christie Campaign, Foia, Money Laundering, Race, Corzine Campaign, John Corzine, Governor's Race, Federal Prosecutor, New Jersey, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Gubernatorial, US Attorney, Fbi, New York News

When news broke in August that the former United States attorney, Christopher J. Christie, had lent $46,000 to a top aide in the federal prosecutor's ...

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Oklahoma City Bombing Tapes Appear Edited: Attorney (VIDEO)

AP | By TIM TALLEY | Posted 11.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Terry Nichols, Cia, Timothy McVeigh, Jesse Trentadue, Oklahoma City Bombing, Foia, Trentadue, OKC Bombing, Oklahoma City National Memorial, Kenneth Trentadue, OKC, Fbi, Domestic Terrorism, Home News

***Scroll down for video*** OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)-- Long-secret security tapes showing the chaos immediately after the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma Ci...

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Walter Cronkite Records Destroyed By FBI

USA Today | Matt Kelley | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, Foia, Records, National Archives, Research, Cronkite, Walter Cronkite, Fbi, Freedom of Information Act, Rosa Parks, FBI File, Alex Heard, Cbs, Media News

A search of the agency's main index of the subjects of FBI investigations found some records tied to Cronkite's name were destroyed in October 2007, t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Decision On Disclosure Of Fed Loan Recipients Rests With Solicitor General Kagan, A Transparency Proponent

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Bloomberg, Foia, Wall Street, Bailout, Federal Reserve, Freedom of Information Act, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Accountability, Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Business News

For over a year, the Federal Reserve has refused to publicly identify the companies that received over two trillion dollars through its emergency lend...

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Fox News Appeals Ruling For Fed Bailout Disclosure

Reuters | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

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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Court Rules Federal Reserve Must Disclose Emergency Loan Details

Posted 09.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Federal Reserve, Emergency-Loan-Program, Foia, Business News

The Federal Reserve has been ordered to reveal the names of companies that received emergency loans during the financial crisis, after losing a Freedo...

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Torture Report From 2004 Released by CIA (Help Read Through It)

Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, John Helgerson, Bush Administration, Foia, Cia, Torture, Cia Inspector General Report, Torture Memo, Redacted Documents, Politics News

Under the Freedom of Information Act, the CIA has been forced by the ACLU to release its report on Bush-era interrogation operations written by former...

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Government Uses Commercial Email and Texting to Avoid FOIA Laws

Peter Scheer | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Twitter, Transparency, Email, Democracy, Foia, Disclosure, Texting, Politics News
Peter Scheer

Many elected officials have become proficient at using technology to thwart public access to government. Why not, instead, use technology to enhance transparency and accountability?

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FBI File On Michael Jackson Is 600 Pages

mpetrelis.blogspot.com | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Foia, Michael Jackson Fbi File, Michael Jackson Fbi, Freedom of Information Act, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson FOIA, Entertainment News

When I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for any records they may have in their archive on Michael...

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Quinn Signs Strengthened Open Records Law

State Journal-Register | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Foia, Illinois Foia Laws, Pat Quinn Open Records, Pat Quinn, Illinois Open Records Law, Government Transparency, Illinois Public Records, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a rewrite of the state's open-records law that will allow courts to fine public bodies that violate it "willfully...

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Congress Demands Full Account of Intelligence Outsourcing Mess - and It's a Mess

Frank Naif | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike McConnell, Corruption, Jeppesen Dataplan, Foia, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Torture, Iraq Contractors, Mitchell Jessen & Associates, Outsourcing, Dusty Foggo, House Intelligence Committee, Dni, Booz Allen Hamilton, Classified Contracts, Jane Mayer, Cia, Private Security Contractors, Defense Contractors, Waste, Mohamed Et Al v Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., Leon Panetta, FOIA Requests, Leon Panetta CIA, Politics News
Frank Naif

The outsourcing of intelligence has impacted nearly every aspect of intelligence operations, and Congress wants to know how and why.

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

ProPublica | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

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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A Victory for Democracy and Open Government

Rep. Louise Slaughter | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom of Information Act, Foia, Freedom of Information, Politics News
Rep. Louise Slaughter

Thursday night we learned that a provision banning the release of prisoner abuse photos was dropped from the supplemental war spending bill.

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Jeff Muskus

House Dems Want Hearings On Detainee Photos Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: War Crimes, Interrogation Photos, Ben Nelson, Torture Photos, Detainee Photos, Joseph Lieberman, Barney Frank, Foia, Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Troop Supplement, Lieberman-Graham, Politics News

House Democrats are insisting on hearings before they even consider signing onto the Senate's move to suppress detainee photographs, House Financial S...

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Jeff Muskus

Lieberman, Graham Seek To Block Torture Photos At All Costs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interrogation Photos, House, Torture Photos, Detainee Photos, Foia, War Supplemental, Freedom of Information Act, Joe Lieberman, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Lindsey Graham, Senator Lindsey Graham, Politics News

With the war supplemental under fire from some unlikely allies in the House, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened Mond...

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Obama to Offer Blindfolds and Ear Plugs to All Americans

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Humor, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Guantanamo, Freedom of Information Act, Cheney Torture Policy, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Torture Photos, Satire, Political Humor, Obama Torture Prosecutions, Political Satire, ACLU Torture, Torture, Politics News
Matthew Filipowicz

Until we take off our blindfolds, until we truly hold accountable those who authorized these heinous acts, we will continue to endanger not only ourselves, but our troops.

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AG Madigan Proposes Crack Down On Government Secrecy

AP | Posted 06.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Open Meetings Act, Foia, Illinois Privacy Exemption, Government Secrecy, Illinois Foia Laws, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is proposing changes to the state open records law that it says would dramatically cut ...

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Danny Shea

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Danny Shea | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

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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Illinois Ranks 32nd In Public Info Available Online

Associated Press | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 04.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Foia, Pat Quinn, Online Public Records, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Foia, Illinois Public Records, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

CHICAGO -- When former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said a day before being arrested that sunshine hung over him, he wasn't talking about releasing p...

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Obama Administration Rules Texts of New IPR Agreement are State Secrets

James Love | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foia, Ustr, Acta, Injunction, Patents, Politics News
James Love

We have been seeking access to documents relating to negotiations on an important new intellectual property enforcement treaty. The agreement, misle...

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Governor Quinn: Make Government Info Public

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Freedom of Information Act, Foia, Illinois Foia Laws, Pat Quinn Reform, Pat Quinn, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gov. Pat Quinn has some new instructions on releasing public information: Do it. Quinn sent a memo to state agencies Wednesday t...

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Obama May Release Torture Documents Exposing Bush Administration Lawbreaking

Washington Independent | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

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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