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FBI Is the Worst FOIA Performer
krou writes "The National Security Archive at George Washington University has awarded its 2009 Rosemary Award to the FBI for worst freedom of information performance (PDF of the award). Previous winners have been the CIA and the Treasury. The NSA notes that 'The FBI's reports to Congress show that the Bureau is unable to find any records in response to two-thirds of its incoming FOIA requests on average over the past four years, when the other major government agencies averaged only a 13% "no records" response to public requests.' The FBI's explanation, according to the NSA, is that 'files are indexed only by reference terms that have to be manually applied by individual agents,' and even then, 'agents don't always index all relevant terms.' Furthermore, 'unless a requester specifically asks for a broader search, the FBI will only look in a central database of electronic file names at FBI headquarters in Washington.' Any search will therefore 'miss any internal or cross-references to people who are not the subject of an investigation, any records stored at other FBI offices around the country, and any records created before 1970.'"
Sup, dawg! I herd you liek searchin' your records so I put a record in yo record so you can search while you searchin'!
Who the fuck modded this troll? The guy just summed the fucking point of the award. This proves the illusion of freedom in the States and you wonder why nobody wants your "freedom".
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oh so you work for federal law enforcement? Nice, you fucking fascist. Fuck you. How can you sleep at night?
Yeah because it's not true that the FBI, CIA and Treasury are hiding information that according to law should be published for anyone to view. Where did you say you were from?
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Censorship is great for americans, it helps them not to worry too much. You don't want to worry too much or you might hurt your itty bitty head. Remember we're discussing american agencies here so don't scream Hitler just because I dropped the A-bomb. Haha--that's funny.
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our chances Fucking confirMed: Reasons why anyone
I would assume that operating on a federal scale, having the entire fucking nation as your workspace, would require a vast amount of communication for coordination. Wait I just downtalked something american, does this make me a troll?
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