CIA Defends Selective Disclosure to Reporters February 15, 2018
The Central Intelligence Agency said yesterday that it has the right to disclose classified information to selected journalists and then to withhold the same information…
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Release of Security Clearance Data Delayed February 15, 2018
Recent news stories on security clearances (like these from the Christian Science Monitor and NPR) cite data from…
Read moreCSI: Palestine January 30, 2018
The U.S. State Department provided crime scene investigation (CSI) equipment to Palestinian security forces to encourage a “move away from a confession-based investigation process,” according to a 2016 report to…
Read moreUS-China Scientific Cooperation “Mutually Beneficial” June 27, 2017
The US and China have successfully carried out a wide range of cooperative science and technology projects in recent years, the State Department told Congress last year in…
Read moreDoD Again Seeks FOIA Exemption for Military Tactics June 13, 2017
For the third time, the Department of Defense is asking Congress to enact a new exemption from the Freedom of Information Act for certain military…
Read moreNumber of FOIA Requests Reaches Record High May 8, 2017
Federal government agencies received more Freedom of Information Act requests last year than ever before, the Justice Department reported last week, reflecting a steadily growing demand for…
Read more37 Leak Cases Were Reported to Dept of Justice in 2016 February 28, 2017
Executive branch agencies submitted 37 “crimes reports” to the Department of Justice last year regarding leaks of classified information. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request,…
Read moreFOIA Exemption for CIA “Operational Files” at Issue November 7, 2016
Last March, the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency seeking a copy of “all pornographic material”…
Read moreCIA Releases Draft History of Bay of Pigs November 1, 2016
The Central Intelligence Agency yesterday released a long-sought draft of the fifth volume of its internal history of the 1961 invasion of the Bay of Pigs. The…
Read moreFOIA Improvement Act Signed Into Law July 1, 2016
President Obama signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Improvement Act of 2016 yesterday. The Act places a 25 year limit on the use of the deliberative process…
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