Tag: FOIA

Two New Tools from Electronic Freedom Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation continues its incredibly important work, on behalf of us all, often quietly and without nearly enough attention. We draw attention here to two tools created by the EFF that are of interest to every reader. We encourage you to keep up with, and support if you can, the work of EFF.

CIA Documents Released in Trentadue (OKC) Case

On March 18 we received the following email--CIA documents (posted here) have been released in the ongoing case regarding the murder of Kenneth Trentadue. Email author Jesse Trentadue, Kenneth's...

Attorney General Sets New FOIA Policy; Its Impact Remains to be Seen

Electronic Frontier Foundation David L. Sobel March 19, 2009 Electronic Frontier Foundation Attorney General Eric Holder today issued new guidelines (PDF) on federal agency implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The guidelines were issued pursuant...

Sunshine Week 2009: March 15-21

Sunshine Week, launched by the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 2005, is a national effort to inform the public about the importance of open government and the free flow of...

CIA Destroyed Tapes Admission Comes In ACLU Lawsuit Over Torture Documents

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org NEW YORK -- According to a letter filed by the government in court today, the CIA acknowledged it destroyed 92 tapes of interrogations. The admission...

New PENTTBOM.com videos as of February 1st, 2009

February 1, 2009 In reference to our FOIA request, the FBI has sent us 13 additional PENTTBOM videos. This is the second round release (not counting the CCTV Pentagon, CITGO, and Doubletree video releases). Each...