the.com/foia
the paperwork spell that turns government secrets into your problem, eventually.
means the freedom of information act, a us law letting anyone request records from federal agencies, with exceptions bureaucrats love to abuse.
from signed in 1966 by lbj, who reportedly hated it and signed reluctantly after congress pushed hard for post-watergate-era transparency, years before watergate actually happened.
nine exemptionsnational security, trade secrets, personal privacy, and more block requests
response timeagencies legally owe you an answer in 20 business days
realitybacklogs mean waits can stretch into years, not weeks
for instance
cia ufo files — decades of project blue book records released via foia requests
muckrock — a website that files and tracks thousands of foia requests publicly
epstein flight logs — partial release fueled years of speculation and follow-up requests
jfk assassination records — congress forced full release decades after the 1992 records act