- The War on the Freedom of Information Act https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/the-war-on-the-freedom-of-information-act/534489/ 10 comments politics
- The “Most Abused” Freedom of Information Act Exemption Still Needs to Be Reined In https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2020/02/the-most-abused-foia-exemption-still-needs-to-be-reined-in/ 6 comments politics
- How the FBI uses the Freedom of Information Act to track down whistleblowers https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/09/how-the-fbi-uses-the-freedom-of-information-act-to-track-down-whistleblowers/? 3 comments politics
- The White House isn't interested in your freedom of information act requests! https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/library/foia/requests#making%20a%20foia%20request 128 comments politics
- The ACLU welcomes President Trump with a Freedom of Information Act request over conflicts of interest http://www.salon.com/2017/01/20/the-aclu-welcomes-president-trump-with-a-freedom-of-information-act-request-over-conflicts-of-interest/ 6 comments politics
- Progress Worth Noting: Congress Strengthens The Freedom Of Information Act And The Public's Right To Know http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dorothy-samuels/freedom-of-information-improvement-act_b_10535208.html 11 comments politics
- How to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the NSA to find out what they have on you http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/foia/submit_privacy_act_request/index.shtml 4 comments politics
- DOGE keeps trying to dodge the Freedom of Information Act. So we’re suing. https://theintercept.com/2025/03/24/intercept-lawsuit-doge-freedom-of-information-act/ 28 comments politics
- CIA's Freedom of Information Act documents on UFO's http://www.foia.cia.gov/collection/ufos-fact-or-fiction 3 comments aliens
- I did a Freedom of Information Act Request for my own PRISM data. You can read the full reply here. https://vikingvpn.com/blogs/politics/foia-request-for-my-own-prism-data 21 comments privacy
- Bloomberg News sues the Fed under Freedom of Information Act http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/11/bloomberg-news-sues-fed-under-freedom.html 29 comments business
- Bush 'kills' Freedom of Information Act compliance officer position http://rawstory.com/news/2008/bush_effectiveless_kills_freedom_of_information_0206.html 21 comments politics
- Pentagon Says Google’s Drone Work Is Exempt From Freedom of Information Act https://theintercept.com/2019/03/25/google-project-maven-pentagon-foia/ 72 comments privacy
- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed laws exempting gun records from the state’s Freedom of Information Act http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/viewart/20140624/news/306240034/snyder-signs-laws-protecting-gun-owners-privacy 229 comments politics
- The Department of Justice delays responding to Freedom of Information Act requests of the Robert Mueller report, claiming law https://medium.com/through-the-courts/department-of-justice-delays-responding-to-freedom-of-information-act-requests-of-the-mueller-e71d170bf53f 16 comments law
- Supreme Court rejects 'personal privacy' for corporations in Freedom of Information Act case http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-0302-supreme-court-corporations20110301,0,5449631.story 38 comments politics
- Jared Kushner and Donald Trump to get 200 freedom of information act requests from impeachment campaign http://www.newsweek.com/impeach-trump-campaign-hit-president-and-jared-kushner-200-freedom-information-847280 42 comments politics
- Obama Just Officially Decided White House Emails Aren't Subject to the Freedom of Information Act http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/03/white-house-officially-decided-its-emails-arent-subject-foia-regulations 4 comments politics
- "The White House is removing a federal regulation that subjects its Office of Administration to the Freedom of Information Act, making official a policy under Presidents Bush and Obama to reject requests for records to that office." http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/03/16/white-house-foia-regulations-deleted/24844253/// 16 comments politics
- White House refuses to reveal ties with Monsanto - Requests have been made under the Freedom of Information Act for President Obama to disclose discussions with Monsanto-supporting lobbyists. Requests have been denied. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320068 6 comments politics
- Freedom of Information Act: How to Get a Copy of Your FBI File http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=764597 4 comments reddit.com
- New Report Is Based on Thousands of Government Documents Obtained Through the Freedom of Information Act That Detail Horrific Stories https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-widespread-abuse-child-immigrants-us-custody 20 comments politics
- "If they ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I’ll delete the file rather than send to anyone" http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/03/02/the-final-straw/ 10 comments science
- FBI and Department of Justice reject Freedom of Information Act document request by SEP National Chairman David North https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/20/glom-f20.html 22 comments politics
- Obama wants changes to the Freedom of Information Act that would allow declaring some documents "Non Existent" http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_19192188 140 comments politics
- TIL that a software engineer filed a Freedom of Information Act request to get access to NSA's training material for teaching Python, the popular programming language. The material is now available for free online for anyone who wants to learn Python using it. https://twitter.com/chris_swenson/status/1225836060938125313 187 comments learnprogramming
- Court denies access to White House visitor logs. An appeals court has ruled that White House visitor logs are exempt from Freedom of Information Act. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-white-house-visitors-20130831,0,577299.story 75 comments politics
- The U.S. Army has officially recognised that It's occupation of an Alabama town was illegal, according to an internal report the Associated Press released, following a Freedom of Information Act filing: http://exiledonline.com/as-the-billionaires-plunder-alabama-us-troops-occupy-townsillegally/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Freedom of Information Act "online" form at FBI has Print and Send buttons that don't work - it's not even a fillable form! http://foia.fbi.gov/foia_instruc.htm 37 comments reddit.com
- President Barack Obama has touted his administration as the “most transparent ever,” but the Freedom of the Press Foundation says documents released under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show an effort to “kill transparency.” https://www.rt.com/usa/335071-foia-lawsuit-obama-transparency/ 3 comments politics
- In the middle of Sunshine Week, when news organizations and advocacy groups promote government transparency, the Obama administration urged Congress on Tuesday to keep secret a whole new category of information even under the Freedom of Information Act. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/in-sunshine-week-justice-department-urges-changes-to-protect-new-category-of-govt-secrets/2012/03/13/giqahiq69r_story.html 4 comments politics
- AT&T is asking U.S. Supreme Court to assign privacy rights to corporations, so it can block disclosure of documents under Freedom of Information Act. http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601127&sid=agm5fcdbjuec 19 comments politics
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration over its alleged practices of searching the electronic devices of passengers traveling on domestic flights https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/12/aclu-sues-tsa-over-searches-of-electronic-devices/ 8 comments technology
- "In all, American troops secretly reported finding roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs, according to interviews with dozens of participants, Iraqi and American officials, and heavily redacted intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act." http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=0 8 comments worldnews
- "In all, American troops secretly reported finding roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs, according to interviews with dozens of participants, Iraqi and American officials, and heavily redacted intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act." http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html?_r=0 16 comments politics
- Documents leaked by Edward Snowden to the Washington Post show that DNA analysis on the corpse of Bin Laden were done that confirm his identity.The Pentagon denied more than a year ago it had any records of these tests in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request. http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/dna-test-verified-bin-ladens-id/story-e6frfkui-1226707426715 1398 comments worldnews
- FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 "casual conversations" with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, here are the PDFs. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsaebb/nsaebb279/index.htm 7 comments worldnews
- Revealed: FBI kept files on peaceful climate change protesters; A protest at a BP plant in Indiana landed three sixtysomething campaigners in a federal surveillance report, documents released to the Guardian under the Freedom on Information Act show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/fbi-climate-change-protesters-iowa-files-monitoring-surveillance- 63 comments politics
- "a group of musicians, including REM, Pearl Jam and The Roots filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out whether their music was played at the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay." http://blog.aclu.org/2009/10/22/tortured-tunes/ 26 comments worldnews
- It only takes half a brain and a pulse to get angry about the fact that the Federal Reserve gave the American people the equivalent of a middle finger on Bloomberg’s Freedom of Information Act request. http://blog.populistamerica.com/2009/05/status-report-audit-the-fed-act-hr-1207/ 6 comments politics