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The requester's definitive collection of FOIA resources from the National Security Archive

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To celebrate Sunshine Week 2018, Nate Jones talks to the Export Import Bank about the Freedom of Information Act from a requester's perspective.

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Archive FOIA Cable Shows Guantanamo Prosecutors Misleading Defense

Washington, D.C., November 11, 2019 – A military judge presiding over the Guantanamo trial of alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al Rahim al-Nashiri cited a cable released to the...

Nov 11, 2019

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Acting US Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor arrives for a deposition in the House Impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 22, 2019
Archive, CREW, Historians Sue Pompeo, State Department over Failure to Create Records
Nov 5, 2019
notice of electronic filing
Federal Judge Orders White House to Preserve Head of State Call Records
Oct 4, 2019
TRO notice
Government agrees to preserve White House records
Oct 2, 2019
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Filed October 1, 2019.
Archive, CREW, Historians Ask Federal Judge to Preserve Head of State Records
Oct 1, 2019
List of visitors
Secret Service Releases Records on Chinese President Xi’s 2017 Visit to Mar-a-Lago
Aug 2, 2019
White House Failure to Document Heads of State Meetings Violates Records Law
May 7, 2019
National Security Archive Joins Media Groups Versus Unlimited Gag Orders
May 3, 2019
Reading Barr’s Redactions on Mueller’s Report
Apr 22, 2019
Two redactions of same Declassified File
Redactions: The Declassified File
Apr 18, 2019
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