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WTF? Justice Dept proposes new FOIA rule allowing them to LIE AND HIDE DOCUMENTS.!!!!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1250479:MV8xNjgyMTMyXzI3ODQ5NDUxXzhENUQxNjBB] this is serious business people. why no replies... http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/foia-rule-change-government-lie-about-records "A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don't exist—even when they do." [/quote]
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A proposed revision to Freedom of Information Act rules would allow federal agencies to lie to citizens and reporters seeking certain records, telling them the records don’t exist.
The Justice Department has proposed the change as part of a large revision of FOIA rules for federal agencies. Specifically, the rule would direct government agencies who are denying a request under an established FOIA exemption to “respond to the request as if the excluded records did not exist,” rather than citing the relevant exemption.
The proposed rule has alarmed government transparency advocates across the political spectrum, who’ve called it “Orwellian” and say it will “twist” public access to government.
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