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The White House issued a memo April 15, 2009, directing federal agencies to let Obama officials review all documents to be produced under FOIA to determine if they involve “White House equities.”

How to Free the Government’s Grip on Freedom of Information

By Heritage Foundation Sharyl Attkisson——--February 5, 2015

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There is something on which Democrats and Republicans agree: the Freedom of Information Act is broken.
The law, known as FOIA, is intended to facilitate the timely release of public information. Instead, federal officials routinely use it to delay and obstruct the release of information. A bipartisan effort to reform the law died at the end of last year. This year, both the House and Senate have moved quickly to re-introduce versions of their bills. More...

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