NSA receiving 3 times as many FOIA requests since Snowden leaks
Bulk of requests from individuals wanting to know if they are being spied on.
On Apr 9, 2014 by Tim Sampson
You’re not allowed to read the NYPD’s Freedom of Information handbook
That sound you hear is my head spinning.
On Mar 17, 2014 by Miles Klee
Email reveals U.S. military ordered evidence of bin Laden’s death destroyed
A recently obtained email reveals that a high-ranking U.S. official ordered military officers to destroy photographs of Osama bin Laden’s remains.
On Feb 11, 2014 by Dell Cameron
The MIT surveillance video used against Aaron Swartz is now public
Wired‘s Kevin Poulsen obtained the video after multiple Freedom of Information Act requests.
On Dec 4, 2013 by Dell Cameron
NSA transparency foiled by government’s broken fax machines
The parent agency of the NSA does not have a fax machine to process FOIAs.
On Sep 16, 2013 by Joe Kloc
FISA court to declassify more documents on NSA’s phone snooping program
The U.S. surveillance court aims to reveal more of itself.
On Sep 16, 2013 by Miles Klee
Gems mined from the NSA documents and FISA court opinions released this week
The EFF covers the highlights from the NSA documents they just obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
On Sep 11, 2013 by [email protected]
Homeland Security abused anti-terrorism powers to target Chelsea Manning supporter
Declassified documents reveal the Department of Homeland Security improperly searched David House’s electronic devices
On Sep 11, 2013 by Curt Hopkins
How ‘multi-communication transactions’ helped the NSA spy on Americans
What you’re about to read is likely not the only type of MCT involved in the NSA spying program.
On Aug 22, 2013 by [email protected]
I asked the NSA for its file on me, and here’s what I got back
When I sent the NSA a formal request through the Freedom of Information Act, the agency acted like I was a total newbie at this stuff.
On Aug 16, 2013 by Kevin Collier
NSA asks My NSA Records to stop mailing requests
“I appreciate what you are trying to do … however, it is not a very efficient way to do this,” wrote a liaison officer in an email late last week.
On Jun 24, 2013 by Joe Kloc
Justice Department reveals warrantless email surveillance on the rise
Documents obtained by the ACLU show that the government read more of citizens’ emails in 2011 than it did in 2010.
On Sep 28, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Reddit files Freedom of Information Act request for White House’s beer recipe
At the White House, Obama drinks home brewed ale. Reddit will have what he’s having.
On Aug 21, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
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