By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The website Truthout has reported on some unflattering FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) practices Tuesday morning. The site claims that the FBI regularly engages in the “blackballing” of files–returning a “no records” response to FOIA requests when in fact the records do exists. An interesting story, particularly for those seeking FBI…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Is a company entitled to know if the software it produces is being used by the FBI? The FBI says No. Carrier IQ, a Mountain View, Calif.-based tech company, aggravated many when news got out that it had installed tracking software on millions of peoples’ cell phones without their knowledge, and…
By The Examiner Editorial Page It’s not often that the liberal American Civil Liberties Union and conservative Judicial Watch agree on anything, but the Obama administration’s lack of transparency has brought the two together. Obama’s Justice Department has proposed a regulatory change that would weaken the Freedom of Information Act. Under the new rules, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON – This announcement comes under the category of: “I’m skeptical”. Some federal law enforcement agencies have been reluctant to give up information, even the simplest of information. So this is very welcome. But still, I’m attaching a wait-and-see caveat to this. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder on Thursday announced “comprehensive new…
Anyone who has ever filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI knows it can take forever to get the results. They also know they may not ever get the results they want. A private group, the National Security Archives, is now giving the agency grief about this — and deservedly so. By…
