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Subject: CENSORED: FOIA IS AN OXYMORON

Quoth Rich Winkel regarding CENSORED: FOIA IS AN OXYM on 11-06-92:

RW>FOIA IS AN OXYMORON
RW>
RW>In theory at least, the 25 year old Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
RW>bucks the bureaucratic impulse for secrecy.  In reality, however, the
RW>executive branch and federal courts are stretching the law's
RW>exemptions to give that impulse freer rein.  As a result, this precious
RW>piece of legislation is fading into obsolescence.

Hey, now that Clinton's going into the White House, the press should be 
able to have a field day with FOIA requests for records from the last 12 
years!

At least, the records that the Feds don't shred between now and January...






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