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Since Snowden Leaks, NSA's FOIA Requests Are Up 1,000 Percent
v3rgEz writes "A veritable FOIA frenzy ensued in 2013 following a series of leaks about NSA surveillance programs, recently released documents show. From June 6 to September 4, the National Security Agency's FOIA load increased 1,054 percent over its 2012 intake. In that three-month span, the agency received 3,382 public records requests. For comparison, the NSA received just 293 requests over the same period in 2012. While a few have netted new details about NSA surveillance operations, such as a contract with French security firm VUPEN, the majority appear to have been rejected. MuckRock has a guide on filing with the NSA to maximize your chances of actually getting something back."
FOIA requires unduly high burden on the requester to actually already know (at least in part) what they're looking for. It's not really written to create transparency, but the illusion of transparency.
Illusion? Hardly. Whats more transparent than invisible?
shouldn't take too long to print out one page saying " ALL of them"
/snrk!
They just filter Congress from the copy they send to the Israelis.
And Goldman-Sachs from the copy the SEC gets.
They should just open source the data and let reddit crowdsource the terrerist finding.
Hey, "if you're not doing anything wrong, you've nothing to hide"(tm), right?
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Illusion? Hardly. Whats more transparent than invisible?
Your Guide To Tape:
Red Tape not transparent all
Transparent Tape sort of but not very transparent
Magic Tape like Transparent Tape, but Magic
Invisible Tape almost transparent
Nixon Tape so transparent it erases
A. Nixon Tape is more transparent than Invisible Tape
Does anyone find the fact that it's called "Freedom of INFORMATION act" ironic at all?? I sure do.