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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.

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.

A Presumption Of Secrecy: Defying Sunshine In Government

A Presumption Of Secrecy: Defying Sunshine In Government

In 2017, Bloomberg reporter Jason Leopold submitted a Freedom of Information request for “photographed copies of all artwork created by Guantanamo detainees.” Leopold waited about five years before United States Southern Command, or SOUTHCOM, fulfilled the request. The joint command removed portions of hundreds of paintings, invoking an exemption for