
Lawsuit: FBI Deliberately Uses Outdated System to Impede FOIA Requests
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A national security researcher is suing the FBI, alleging the bureau uses an antiquated system to deliberately impede requests under the Freedom of Information Act, IDG New Service reports. Ryan Shapiro, a Ph.D. candidate at MIT, claims in the lawsuit that the FBI has established “countless means” of impeding FOIA requests,…