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FBI Sued For Withholding Files On Assange And WikiLeaks

FBI Sued For Withholding Files On Assange And WikiLeaks

“With the legal persecution of Julian Assange finally over, the FBI must come clean to the American people," Chip Gibbons, policy director for Defending Rights & Dissent.
Kevin Gosztola Sep 12, 2024
State Of Virginia Is (Still) Hiding Execution Tapes

State Of Virginia Is (Still) Hiding Execution Tapes

Kevin Gosztola Jul 18, 2024
DOJ Spends Around $40 Million Every Year To Help Agencies Hide Records

DOJ Spends Around $40 Million Every Year To Help Agencies Hide Records

The Dissenter reviewed FOIA litigation from the past fiscal year and focused on glaring instances where the Justice Department fought disclosure of information in the public interest.
Kevin Gosztola Mar 14, 2024
Freedom Of Information: US Government Secrecy As Bad As It Was Under Trump

Freedom Of Information: US Government Secrecy As Bad As It Was Under Trump

When it comes to the Freedom of Information Act, government secrecy under President Biden is just as bad or slightly worse than it was under President Trump.
Kevin Gosztola Mar 12, 2024
What They Were Hiding: Increased Solitary Confinement In Immigrant Detention Facilities

What They Were Hiding: Increased Solitary Confinement In Immigrant Detention Facilities

Tracking what U.S. government agencies do not want the public to know when they try to thwart Freedom of Information Act requests for records
Kevin Gosztola Feb 7, 2024
Fighting To Uncover Secrets Of the Cold War Surveillance State

Fighting To Uncover Secrets Of the Cold War Surveillance State

Chip Gibbons Oct 26, 2023
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders And The Lies She Spread About People 'Weaponizing FOIA'

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders And The Lies She Spread About People 'Weaponizing FOIA'

Hiding travel records by changing the state's decades-old open records law
Kevin Gosztola Sep 17, 2023

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