Unredacted (Blog)

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

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State Dept.’s Annual Historical Advisory Committee Report Slams DOD’s FRUS Performance – Again. FRINFORMSUM 9/26/2019
Five Years Later, the Search Continues
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
Court Rejects Competitive Harm Argument in Pain Pill Database Release: FRINFORMSUM 7/18/2019
Trump and Putin’s G20 Meeting Puts Spotlight on the PRA, Senators Hone in on Bad EPA FOIA Regs, and More: FRINFORMSUM 6/27/2019
New Digital National Security Archive Document Collection Covers Nonproliferation Policy from 1954 to 1968
Is the CIA Bypassing Senate Judiciary with New (B)(3) FOIA Exemption? FRINFORMSUM 6/20/2019
FOIA Helps Show Elaine Chao’s Transportation Department Has Special Liaison for Husband’s Home State Projects: FRINFORMSUM 6/13/2019
DOJ FOIA Report Shows OIP Still Living in “La-La-Land”: FRINFORMSUM 6/6/2019
Presidential Memo “Effectively Amends” EO 13526: FRINFORMSUM 5/30/2019
FOIA Highlights Trouble Integrating Submarine, US Attorney Accused of Sexual Misconduct, and More: FRINFORMSUM 5/23/2019
White House Secrecy “Will Blast a Huge Crater in the Work of Historians”: FRINFORMSUM 5/16/2019
Declassified CIA Clandestine Service Emails Fret Over “UBL/Devil dolls” Story
FOIA Reporting Shows Spike in Death Rates, Scabies Outbreak, and Lax Records-Keeping in Michigan Prison System: FRINFORMSUM 5/02/2019
SCOTUS Hears First FOIA Case Since 2011, 9th Circuit Says Contractor Docs Not Protected by Exemption 5, and More: FRINFORMSUM 4/25/2019
Reporter Carol Rosenberg’s FOIA Request Changes Course of al-Nashiri Trial: FRINFORMSUM 4/19/2019