EFF Unveils Search Tool for FOIA Results

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @12:11AM from the beats-languishing-in-a-drawer dept.

The EFF has released a beta version of a new search tool that lets you mine the documents the EFF has unearthed using FOIA requests and lawsuits over the years. Quoting: "In celebration of Sunshine Week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today launched a sophisticated search tool that allows the public to closely examine thousands of pages of documents the organization has pried loose from secretive government agencies. The documents relate to a wide range of cutting-edge technology issues and government policies that affect civil liberties and personal privacy." I tried a search for "border" among the documents relating to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and turned up 21 results and fascinating reading.

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Perhaps I'm missing something... by rindeee · 2009-03-17 00:29 · Score: 3, Insightful

...but couldn't they just make them searchable via Google? Why reinvent the wheel?
1. Re:Perhaps I'm missing something... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-03-17 00:45 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  Google censors worldwide based on what a UK organisation says.
  Nice; that isn't dangerous at all.
  Next up, everyone gets the same search results as China in order to harmonize the entire internet.