D.C. police sought to arrest Rep. Cory Mills after assault call, records show A woman called 911 to report that the Florida congressman had assaulted her, then recanted the story after appearing to talk to Mills, body-camera footage shows.

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Power of DC FOIA.

Dox here:

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DOD also denied my request for Expedited Processing.

Would have been nice to know in near real time if something one agency claimed publicly was "non-concurred" to by another agency. Alas.

Wonder what the FOIA releases in 7 years will reveal about this era's events.

It may be that the non-concurrence was because Hook misstated the figure as 608 rather than 603. But we can't be certain because DOD did not release (or apparently even search for) the underlying report this figure came from, which I requested.

I'll appeal.

In April, 2019, U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook to publicly stated that "Iran is responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American service members" to justify the assassination of Qasem Soleimani.

We didn't know it at the time, but DOD "non-concurred."

Public has right to officer names in police use-of-force records, Md. court rules The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that Anton’s Law, the state’s historic police transparency measure, requires law enforcement agencies to release the names of officers who use physical force agai...

The Post won a precedent-setting, Maryland public records lawsuit and appeal that will make it easier for all to get police disciplinary records. 👍👍

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@foianate.bsky.social featured in the Able Archer segment of S2:E1 of SECRETS DECLASSIFIED WITH DAVID DUCHOVNY.

DOD talking points on the film The Day After. Via FOIA.

It looks like Iran is applying lessons learned during the "rigged" Millennium Challenge war game. @foianate.bsky.social
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From their Sunshine Week announcement (which also claims "This is the most transparent Department of Justice in our nation’s history" )

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What FOIA requesters are DOJ OIP talking about here? Me?

Took DOD more than 15 years process this FOIA, but got some more Able Archer 83 dox. 👍👍

Speaking at DC Open Government Coalition Event today at 530 at MLK Library at Gallery Place on "Whose Information Is It Anyway?" Be there or be square!

Did Trump’s cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes. Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

Attorneys for at least 13 agencies and departments have explicitly stated in 26 FOIA lawsuits that the downsizings were the reasons for failures to meet FOIA deadlines, reports @foianate.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Clarify or Close: Agency “Scope” Letters Undermine Rights of FOIA Requesters Washington, D.C., March 16, 2026 – In 2025, the Department of Energy gave the National Security Archive 3 business days to clarify a Freedom of Information Request that had generated nearly 100,000 pa...

For #SunshineWeek, the National Security Archive’s Annual FOIA Audit found that federal agencies’ use of “clarification of scope” letters undermines the rights of FOIA requesters. Read our investigation here:
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Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes. Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

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Happy #sunshineweek! Here are some gems from our investigation into 339 court dockets showing that government lawyers explicitly blamed the Trump staffing cuts for FOIA delays at at least 13 agencies.

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Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes. Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

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Turns out government lawyers will reveal #FOIA failings to courts that agencies otherwise try not to publicly mention. Like not being able to process a FOIA for emails because they can't figure out how to use Microsoft Outlook. My latest Revealing Records column.

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Hey Nate. 👋

Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes. Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

@foianate.bsky.social gets Sunshine Week started off right with a blistering FOIA investigation!

How D.C. allowed ‘completely inappropriate’ spending by anti-violence group D.C. officials say spending of public funds by Life Deeds — including trips to a New Jersey shopping mall, lavish meals and a pool party with alcohol — should not have been allowed.

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Power of FOIA.

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

A man wrote an email to a government official. DHS told Google to give them his records using an administrative subpoena, bypassing the courts.

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Requester: Jordon Hudson

Jordon Hudson FOIA request to UNC regarding top comms official's communications with CBS

Is your head coach's girlfriend filing FOIA requests on your school's top comms official a good look? Asking for a friend

SHAFR Executive Director @rimmerma.bsky.social quoted in this piece about the recent disappearance of FRUS records.

Analysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.

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Collectors edition looking good!

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