A new wrinkle in FOIA denials

Erik Wemple writes about a Vice News reporter's struggles to pry some reports out of a Pentagon office via the Freedom of Information Act. Reporter Jason Leopold took the government to court and negotiations ensued, Leopold told a congressional hearing: "Then this happened: 'Recently they said that "We’ll give you some documents as long as you promise to never file a FOIA request again and don’t have anyone else file a FOIA request on your behalf,"' testified Leopold."

June 16, 2015

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