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Showing posts with label Instapundit. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
FOIA Requests and Denials
Instapundit posted a link about how FOIA Requests are ignored by many government officials. He also wrote that people should be able to sue for damages. I agree, more after the excerpt.
"More than two-thirds of nearly 100 federal departments and agencies surveyed by a non-profit advocacy group have not updated their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations and processes to comply with either a 2009 presidential promise or a 2007 law.
Sixty-two of 99 federal organizations have yet to comply a March 19, 2009, Justice Department memo issued following President Obama's promise shortly after being sworn into office to conduct the open and transparent administration, according to the National Security Archive (NSA) that conducted the annual government-wide study."
People SHOULD be able to sue for monetary damages. Also the individual responsible for the denial should be the person on the hook for those damages as well as the attorney and court fees for both the petitioner and the government. If that were allowed, FOIA requests would be followed through on much more quickly and expeditiously as possible. Without the penny ante ego power trips of said government officials.
"More than two-thirds of nearly 100 federal departments and agencies surveyed by a non-profit advocacy group have not updated their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regulations and processes to comply with either a 2009 presidential promise or a 2007 law.
Sixty-two of 99 federal organizations have yet to comply a March 19, 2009, Justice Department memo issued following President Obama's promise shortly after being sworn into office to conduct the open and transparent administration, according to the National Security Archive (NSA) that conducted the annual government-wide study."
People SHOULD be able to sue for monetary damages. Also the individual responsible for the denial should be the person on the hook for those damages as well as the attorney and court fees for both the petitioner and the government. If that were allowed, FOIA requests would be followed through on much more quickly and expeditiously as possible. Without the penny ante ego power trips of said government officials.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Pre-emptive Lawfare
Insty has a good idea here for the Romney Ryan campaign.
"They’re desperate, so they’ll try anything. And — as with the bogus McCain-affair story from the New York Times, the press will do its best to hype anything, however weak. If I were Romney, I’d have lawyers quietly informing outlets that false stories before the election will be met with libel suits — and expensive, embarrassing discovery — after the election. Whether I win or lose, guys, you’ll have my lawyers trolling through your emails for years. And we both know there’s a lot of stuff there you don’t want anyone to see."
"They’re desperate, so they’ll try anything. And — as with the bogus McCain-affair story from the New York Times, the press will do its best to hype anything, however weak. If I were Romney, I’d have lawyers quietly informing outlets that false stories before the election will be met with libel suits — and expensive, embarrassing discovery — after the election. Whether I win or lose, guys, you’ll have my lawyers trolling through your emails for years. And we both know there’s a lot of stuff there you don’t want anyone to see."
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