I think it's also worth mentioning that the NSA and CIA apparently side-step or white-wash FOIA requests whenever they really don't want to turn over information, for "reasons"? What good is the FOIA in regards to intelligence agencies if requests are either not fulfilled, whitewashed, or involving people long retired/dead? At that point it's all theatre.
Yes. And I'm hoping the more countries that apply FOIAs to their intelligence/security services, the more likely we are to get a robust solution to these problems.
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I think it's also worth mentioning that the NSA and CIA apparently side-step or white-wash FOIA requests whenever they really don't want to turn over information, for "reasons"? What good is the FOIA in regards to intelligence agencies if requests are either not fulfilled, whitewashed, or involving people long retired/dead? At that point it's all theatre.
Yes. And I'm hoping the more countries that apply FOIAs to their intelligence/security services, the more likely we are to get a robust solution to these problems.