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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Behind the House Intelligence Committee’s Ability to Release “The Memo”
Secretary Carson on Alleged Ethics Violations: “They can FOIA everything, and they have been,” and “There’s nothing to find. It’s ridiculous.” FRINFORMSUM 2/1/2018
‘Homeland’ Sounds Too German and Other Takeaways from the First Tranche of Rumsfeld’s Snowflakes Release: FRINFORMSUM 1/25/2018
Presidential Records Act Lawsuit Targets White House’s Disappearing Messaging Apps: FRINFORMSUM 1/18/2018
Fermi, Reagan, and Trump
The FOIA Office is Not Siberia: FRINFORMSUM 1/11/2018
Defense Officials Seek Unprecedented Control over Historical Reports on Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
NSArchive’s “Outstanding Academic Title 2017”, FOIA Lawsuit Seeks Info on Travel Ban Enforcement, and More: FRINFORMSUM 1/4/2018
Video Won Through FOIA Shows AG Sessions Spar with DOJ Interns Over Marijuana, Gun Control: FRINFORMSUM 12/14/2017
The U.S. Has Way Too Many Secrets
FOIA’s Foreseeable Harm Standard Tested in Court: FRINFORMSUM 12/7/2017
“Bolsheviki appear to have control of everything here” moving “faster and faster towards – what?” US Diplomats’ and John Reed’s accounts of the 1917 Russian Revolution
FOIA Shows Texas Border Wall Could Bisect Retirement Community, Wildlife Preserves: FRINFORMSUM 11/16/2017
Unearthing Soviet Secrets in Ukraine’s Archives
FBI Consults Public Affairs Office, Not Advisory Board, for Removing Public Info from Website: FRINFORMSUM 11/9/2017
What Would Cheney Advise Trump on North Korea?
DOJ OIP Head Implies New FOIA Portal will be “Better than the Letter of the Law”: FRINFORMSUM 10/26/2017
FOIA Federal Advisory Committee Highlights Email Preservation, FOIA Searches: FRINFORMSUM 10/19/2017
ICE FOIA Library Still Down: FRINFORMSUM 10/12/2017
FOIA Details Pruitt’s Deep Industry Ties, Costly Security Detail: FRINFORMSUM 10/5/2017