From the bits and pieces section in last Sunday's paper

[ladyapple27]

The scary part

 

Here's one last tidbit to end Sunshine Week, when newspapers promote government transparency and freedom of information. The FBI tells two out of every three Freedom of Information Act requesters that it can't find the records for which they asked, according to the National Security Archive, a private group.

The archive says that poor performance results from an outdated and deliberately limited search process, The Associated Press reported. And here's the worst part. The archive says the bureau "apparently uses the same searches in its criminal investigations as well."

We feel safe now.
 

Comments

[scoobiedoggie.livejournal.com]

ewwww....fabulous

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or rage.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Aw, come on people!
Since when do you expect any branch of the Govt OR a newspaper reporter to provide you with indepth accurate information much less the sort of that information?
Hey--I'm not joking.
Unless there's a federal law that specifically states that a certain branch of the Govt MUST provide truthful, verifiable, and indepth information to any and every request made by a private US citizen, they don't.
:/

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I got a laugh out of the line about using the same searches in criminal investigations as well. No wonder the crooks are on the loose.

Sunshine Week promotes more transparency in government.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

Whoops!
I used SORT when I meant SOURCE!
:)