Freedom of Information Act 
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
4/18/19
Redactions: The Declassified File
The release of the redacted Mueller report today focuses new public attention on the systemic problem of over-classification. Here are some classic examples of U.S. government over-zealousness in applying a figurative Magic Marker to information that was already public or should be public.
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SOURCE: AP
4/16/19
Redaction nation: US history brims with partial deletions
The released Mueller Report will likely be highly redacted. Here's the history behind those black marks.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/13/19
The government effort to make FOIA “as bad as possible”
by Nate Jones
The Department of Justice's historical effort to weaken the Freedom Of Information Act and why Congress must strengthen the law.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
7-1-16
The Freedom of Information Act is 50 years old
Fifty years ago on July 4, 1966, Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Freedom of Information Act while vacationing at his Texas ranch. But he hated the concept.
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SOURCE: National Security Archive
6-24-14
Congress may be ready to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act
The Senate bill comes after the House unanimously passed its own bipartisan FOIA reform bill.
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