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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,372 posts)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 05:32 PM Jan 2019

FOIA Follies: FAVORITE records denial ever. Agency withheld records because,...

David Fahrenthold Retweeted

FAVORITE records denial ever. Agency withheld records because, "By releasing this information, the requestor likely has all the tools she needs to connect the dots."

Live look at me rn:


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FOIA Follies: FAVORITE records denial ever. Agency withheld records because,... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 OP
Hilarious underpants Jan 2019 #1
She hasn't said yet. Apparently it's a work in progress. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #2
It's illegal zipplewrath Jan 2019 #3
That is a 50 DKP minus! nt RandiFan1290 Jan 2019 #4

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
3. It's illegal
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 05:37 PM
Jan 2019

I'm curious to know what this is about.

It's a violation to release so much unclassified information that one can recreate the classified information through analysis or test. But it has to be from an agency that has the authority to classify information. Most departments have very limited capacity to do so.

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