Foia articles

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  Secret US surveillance court says some of its rulings could be made public

  By Nathan Ingraham on June 13, 2013 04:06 pm + 12 comments

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been fighting to get its hands on a secret court ruling Continue reading…

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  'Secret' government email addresses could evade transparency rules, says AP

  By Adi Robertson on June 4, 2013 12:39 pm + 47 comments

  Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and other agencies Continue reading…

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  Justice Department follows the letter of transparency law with a completely redacted 50-page document

  By Adi Robertson on May 13, 2013 07:38 pm + 20 comments

  Earlier this month, the ACLU published a cache of documents about warrantless data collection from Continue reading…

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  Supreme Court rules states can deny information requests from outside their borders

  By Carl Franzen on April 29, 2013 02:43 pm + 30 comments

  The Supreme Court just ruled that state government agencies are only required to respond to Freedom Continue reading…

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  CIA must say if it has secret drone strike documents, DC court rules

  By Carl Franzen on March 15, 2013 02:18 pm + 27 comments

  The Central Intelligence Agency must publicly declare whether or not it has documents on drone Continue reading…

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  Border patrol drones can detect armed subjects and intercept wireless signals, documents show

  By Adi Robertson on March 2, 2013 05:13 pm + 23 comments

  The Department of Homeland Security's border patrol drones are outfitted to distinguish armed Continue reading…

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  Pentagon releases trial documents as Bradley Manning prepares formal plea

  By Adi Robertson on February 27, 2013 02:41 pm + 15 comments

  As Private First Class Bradley Manning prepares to make a formal plea on charges that he provided Continue reading…

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  NSA's secret 'Perfect Citizen' cybersecurity program detailed by recently-released documents

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 4, 2013 01:55 pm + 17 comments

  Back in 2010, The Wall Street Journal first uncovered evidence of an NSA program called Perfect Continue reading…

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  New York newspaper posts map with names and addresses of handgun permit owners (update)

  By Adrianne Jeffries on December 25, 2012 02:31 pm + 479 comments

  "Where are the gun permits in your neighborhood?" That's the question posed by The Journal News, a Continue reading…

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  Interactive map reveals where drones are being flown inside the US right now

  By Joshua Kopstein on December 6, 2012 02:17 pm + 43 comments

  Thanks to new documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, we're starting to see a Continue reading…