National Security Increasingly Cited in Freedom of Information Act Denials; EPA Suspected of Selecti

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In 2012, national security exceptions were used 5,223 times—compared to 4,243 instances in 2011 and 3,805 times in 2009, President Barack Obama’s first year in office.

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was particularly fond of the national security excuse, citing it 60% of the time last year, compared to 49% in 2011.

But the CIA wasn’t the only agency to rely on it. Other federal agencies that invoked the national security exception included the Office of Management and Budget, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland Security, Justice, State, Transportation, Treasury and Veterans Affairs.

In the case of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), national security wasn’t the issue—just general stonewalling on FOIA requests.

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