Unredacted (Blog)

Unredacted is a platform for breaking news and discussion of secrecy, government transparency, FOIA, and the international right to know.

The latest entries are listed below. View the full blog here.

Border Agency Gets OK to Hide Previously Public Info from FOIA, and Much More: FRINFORMSUM 2/6/2020
ICE, Initially Citing No FOIA Exemption, Wrongly Denied Immigration Lawyers Access to their Clients’ A-Files: FRINFORMSUM 1/23/2020
Iran-U.S. Relations – Assessing the Future by Reviewing the Past
Unredacted Ukraine Emails Show FOIA Exemption 5 Abuse, Court Rules Contractor Diversity Data Can’t be Hidden by Exemption 4, and More: FRINFORMSUM 1/13/2020
Rumsfeld Memos Won by NSArchive Play Key Role in “The Afghanistan Papers”: FRINFORMSUM 12/13/19
New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Covers U.S. Policy toward Iran from 1978-2015
Mexican Community Seeks Help in Mining Conflict
Glomar Denial Shot Down in the Courts Again, AG Barr Slams FOIA “Regime” at Federalist Society Event, and More: FRINFORMSUM 11/21/2019
Archive, CREW, Historians Sue Pompeo and the State Department over Failure to Create Records, and More: FRINFORMSUM 11/8/2019
EPA Tries to Blame Bad FOIA Regs on Advisory Committee Recommendation: FRINFORMSUM 11/1/2019
War Stories and Advice from the Archive’s Outgoing FOIA Director
ISOO’s FY 2018 Classification Report Continues to Warn of Outdated System, but Lacks Key, Previously-Reported Data: FRINFORMSUM 10/17/2019
The Wilson Ramos Kidnapping Declassified –AND FULLY UNREDACTED
Five Years Later, the Search Continues
State Dept.’s Annual Historical Advisory Committee Report Slams DOD’s FRUS Performance – Again. FRINFORMSUM 9/26/2019
Fighting ISIS and Learning Cyber-War
Declassified CIA Cables Recount “A Poignant Moment” With KSM, Legal Group’s Commitment to Lawfully Employ Methods “Even the Israelis May Not”: FRINFORMSUM 9/12/2019
Courts Can Force Agencies to Post Records in FOIA Reading Rooms: FRINFORMSUM 9/5/2019
Judge Cites “Considerable Public Importance” in Khashoggi FOIA Case, Orders State to Process 5,000 Pages a Month: FRINFORMSUM 8/8/2019
Advisory Panels in Tenuous Position under Trump, the Fight Intensifies for Guatemala’s Police Archives, and More: FRINFORMSUM 8/1/2019