FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Free link: wapo.st/4rAfWdMwapo.stAnalysis | The government is enlisting AI to help decide what public records you get to seeThe Department of Homeland Security says it will use the technology to “revolutionize” how the agency handles redactions. 132
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Do you trust AI to redact FOIA requests? New Revealing Records column below. 161
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026HOWEVER, emails sent "outside" the DC government can't be hidden by the deliberative process privilege... So we get to see what Beverly Perry wrote to White House officials. --If we requested these under federal FOIA we would not get them, as the White House is exempt. 020
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Got some emails to and from Mayor Bowser on the RFK stadium deal. Alas, the city cites the deliberative process privilege (😡)to withhold almost all. You can see the players involved though. DC Council should really pass legislation to roll back this exemption. 131
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 03/06/2026wapo.st/4dMAs5Nwapo.stTrump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent themRecords show that Trump's first administration opted not to save DMs in its library archives, raising questions about compliance with the Presidential Records Act. 032
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The Trump Presidential Library says it can't find any DMs sent by the president who tweeted more than 25,000 times. His administration opted not to enable the setting which would have preserved them. Free link below. 273
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Trump tweeted 25,000 times during his first term. The Trump Presidential Library says it has no record of any Direct Messages he sent. Free link: wapo.st/4dMAs5Nwashingtonpost.comTrump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent themRecords show that Trump's first administration opted not to save DMs in its library archives, raising questions about compliance with the Presidential Records Act. 256
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Story that gave me idea to file yellowhammernews.com/britt-marsha...yellowhammernews.comBritt: Marshals discouraged from arresting protesters outside justices' homesYesterday, Senator Katie Britt questioned US Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Department of Justice's role in protecting the homes of US Supreme Court justices during protests related to the... 010
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Full release: drive.google.com/file/d/1JN6t...drive.google.com2023-USMS-000284 Final Response 5-28-26.pdf 100
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Actual last slide from a US Marshals Service powerpoint used to train and prepare the Marshals on how to protect the homes of Supreme Court justices. Released in response to a FOIA I filed. 2143
Reposted by FOIANateMike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Payday lost a major grant worth 1/3 of our budget as a result of Trump's cut to non-profits. Can u donate today to keep Payday alive after 10 years & 1,500 articles published? paydayreport.com/payday-to-lo...paydayreport.comPayday to Lose Grant Worth ⅓ of Our Budget Due to Trump CutsPayday Report now offering media trainings to unions and community groups interested in building their own independent media. 58452
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Free link: wapo.st/41JuziLwapo.stD.C. police sought to arrest Rep. Cory Mills after assault call, records showA 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. 030
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Dox here: drive.google.com/file/d/1S2jr...drive.google.com20-F-0464 Releasable (1).pdf 000
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026DOD 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. 100
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It 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. 100
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 16/04/2026In 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." 120
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 15/04/2026The Post won a precedent-setting, Maryland public records lawsuit and appeal that will make it easier for all to get police disciplinary records. 👍👍 Free link: wapo.st/4em0mh8wapo.stPublic has right to officer names in police use-of-force records, Md. court rulesThe 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... 0189
Reposted by FOIANateBill Geerhart @conelrad6401240.bsky.social · 01/04/2026@foianate.bsky.social featured in the Able Archer segment of S2:E1 of SECRETS DECLASSIFIED WITH DAVID DUCHOVNY. 131
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 24/03/2026DOD talking points on the film The Day After. Via FOIA. 173
Reposted by FOIANateMichael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 23/03/2026It looks like Iran is applying lessons learned during the "rigged" Millennium Challenge war game. @foianate.bsky.social nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2024-11...nsarchive.gwu.edu“Rigged” War Game Exposed U.S. Vulnerability to Low-Tech WarfareWashington, D.C., November 1, 2024 - A recently declassified “after-action” report from a 2002 war game “triggered internal warnings that the U.S. military was vulnerable to low-tech warfare,” accordi... 21813
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 23/03/2026From their Sunshine Week announcement (which also claims "This is the most transparent Department of Justice in our nation’s history" ) surejan.gif www.justice.gov/oip/blog/jus... 020
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 23/03/2026What FOIA requesters are DOJ OIP talking about here? Me? 153
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Took DOD more than 15 years process this FOIA, but got some more Able Archer 83 dox. 👍👍 1111
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Speaking 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! 121
Reposted by FOIANateMuckRock @muckrock.com · 17/03/2026Attorneys 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...washingtonpost.comDid 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. 095
Reposted by FOIANateRachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 16/03/2026For #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: nsarchive.gwu.edu/foia-audit/f... @nsarchive.bsky.socialnsarchive.gwu.eduClarify or Close: Agency “Scope” Letters Undermine Rights of FOIA RequestersWashington, 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... 11815
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Free link. wapo.st/4bJf3sVwapo.stDid 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. 0105
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Happy #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. Free link below. 14218
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 15/03/2026wapo.st/4bJf3sVwapo.stDid 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. 084
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Turns 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. Free link below 191
Reposted by FOIANateLauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 14/03/2026@foianate.bsky.social gets Sunshine Week started off right with a blistering FOIA investigation!washingtonpost.comDid 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. 097
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Free link: wapo.st/4qWcoROwapo.stHow D.C. allowed ‘completely inappropriate’ spending by anti-violence groupD.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. 071
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 03/02/2026A man wrote an email to a government official. DHS told Google to give them his records using an administrative subpoena, bypassing the courts. Free link: wapo.st/4rtfCw8wapo.stHomeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weaponUnder Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups. 012
Reposted by FOIANateDavid at FOIAball @foiaball.com · 03/12/2025Is your head coach's girlfriend filing FOIA requests on your school's top comms official a good look? Asking for a friend 16725168
Reposted by FOIANateSHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 17/11/2025SHAFR Executive Director @rimmerma.bsky.social quoted in this piece about the recent disappearance of FRUS records. 062
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Free link: wapo.st/4hUdZUAwapo.stAnalysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warningKey historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation. 012
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 14/11/2025wapo.st/4hUdZUAwapo.stAnalysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warningKey historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation. 02511
FOIANate @foianate.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Getting to the bottom of why the State Department quietly deleted 15 pages of history on the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. Free link below. 33211
Reposted by FOIANateStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/11/2025According to author @foianate.bsky.social, the State Department told him in July it had deleted the documents after he used the Freedom of Information Act (and then sued the CIA) to obtain a copy of a one key record that had been transcribed but not reproduced in the 2021 FRUS volume. 1234
Reposted by FOIANateStephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Nothing to see here (literally!). Just the US State Department secretly deleting 15 pages of declassified official documents published in 2021 in the Foreign Relations of the United States series about a 1983 NATO nuclear weapons exercise that unexpectedly increased the risk of a nuclear war.wapo.stAnalysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear warKey historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation. 59249
Reposted by FOIANateLauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 13/11/2025My friend @foianate.bsky.social with a must-read story about how the State Dept scrubbed an online historical study (FRUS) of key records about the 1983 Able Archer nuclear scare after he sued the CIA for its records on the near-disaster.washingtonpost.comAnalysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear warKey historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation. 0169