Let’s Have Fun with FOIA! |
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| By: Phoenix Woman Sunday September 13, 2009 6:20 am | |
(Crossposted from Mercury Rising)
Want to read grandpa’s FBI file? Want to read your own? Want to read the kooky complaints filed against Keith Olbermann?
Here are a bunch of websites that will help you with these and other tasks.
http://www.GovernmentAttic.org
http://www.GetGrandpasFBIfile.com
http://www.GetMyFBIfile.com
http://www.TVshowComplaints.org
http://www.AirForceHistoryIndex.org
Enjoy!
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The weather report would be more interesting than mine, I fear. So I want Steve Colbert’s and Dr. Paul Krugman’s, thanks.
I’d be curious about some of my relatives. My own, not so much (I’m sure I have one; I had a security clearance at one time, before I cleared out of that field.)
The list of available documents is likely to decrease.
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“The newest member of a panel that advises the president on declassification policy is a former top intelligence official who oversaw some of the Bush administration’s most controversial counterterrorism programs.
Michael V. Hayden, a retired four-star Air Force general, was appointed to the Public Interest Declassification Board by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during the August recess.
“The country is fortunate that Gen. Michael Hayden has agreed to serve as a member,” McConnell said in an e-mail. “His long history of service as an intelligence professional makes him ideally suited for balancing the interests of secrecy and disclosure in protecting our national security.” “
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..sec-nation