From Politico.com:
A Memphis newspaper won a round Tuesday in its battle for access to the FBI's files on a famous civil rights era photographer who reportedly spied on top civil rights leaders for the agency in the 1960s.
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Tag: FOIA lawsuit
Nonprofit watchdog group says FBI snoops on WikiLeaks supporters
From Courthouse News Service:
WASHINGTON (CN) – A nonprofit government watchdog claims the FBI refuses to release information on "the government's identification and surveillance of individuals who have demonstrated support for or interest in WikiLeaks."
The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the Department of Justice's Criminal Division and National Security Division, and the FBI, in a FOIA complaint in Federal Court.
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Appeals court hears newspaper’s mug shot FOIA lawsuit
From Tulsa World:
DENVER – Judges of an appeals court said Wednesday they have to balance privacy rights against the public's right to know in deciding whether the U.S. Marshals Service will have to release federal mug shots.
[Tulsa World] is asking the Denver-based court to overturn the decision of a judge in Tulsa that federal mug shots are exempt from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Freelance journalist sues Cabell County (W.V.) officials over access to records
Court: FBI can’t withhold whole file on Don Young probe
From Josh Gerstein at Politico:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was wrong to categorically withhold all records of a corruption probe of Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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