I just posted two huge FOIA releases from EPA regarding the Volkswagen emission-rigging scandal: 194 spreadsheets and 7 big PDFs (530 megs) and 8 years of email between EPA and VW (3.5 gigs). (Original FOIA requests from reporters at Reuters and Bloomberg.)
NEW: Internal Trump admin email shows @TheJusticeDept discussing the possibility of changing current legal protections that keep census info confidential & that sharing individuals’ responses w law enforcement, national security officers may “come up later for renewed debate”👇
In this week’s batch of #FOIA documents from Government Attic: a bunch of internal material from the National Labor Relations Board and a bit from the National Indian Gaming Commission.
https://t.co/2p52omtVIN
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Fun #FOIA Fact: sometimes the government will tout the number of pages it has released in response to a given request. There are many ways in which this can be a misleading stat. Here, for instance, are 4 “released” — and unredacted! — pages from my lawsuit.
When a rape case is closed, you’d think that meant there was an arrest.
That’s not true for cases cleared by exceptional means.
🔎Could your police department be inflating its rape clearance rates?
https://t.co/KeDtvVfk9Z
This is an outrage. DOJ’s refusing to release Whitaker’s financial disclosure form is illegal, unheard of, and highly suspicious. What is DOJ hiding? https://t.co/QJV1QOj9Ic
