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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
@thememoryhole2
Aug 31, 2018 • 3 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1/ Public-records requests in action:

Investigative reporter @Greg_Palast requested that 27 states turn over lists of voters they purged under the sleazy Crosscheck program.

He & his team will contact as many of these disenfranchised voters as possible.

gregpalast.com/im-in-wichita-…
@Greg_Palast 2/ Michigan and Oklahoma have already given him their lists, while other states are stonewalling.

Palast already has a law firm on the case, preparing to sue their asses.

gregpalast.com/im-in-wichita-…
@Greg_Palast 3/3 Interestingly (at least to us #FOIA nerds), Palast isn't requesting under state open-records laws or FOIA.

He's making the demand under the National Voter Registration Act, which requires the release of info regarding voter rolls maintenance.

gregpalast.com/im-in-wichita-…

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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 18, 2018
UNREAL. In today's ignored Senate hearing on immigrant family detention, the second-in-command at ICE said this:
Then there was this telling moment, brought to us by Senator Harris:

Another revealing part of the Senate hearing on immigrant family detention:

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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 13, 2018
NEW / THREAD:

I heard back from the George W. Bush Library about my #FOIA request for Brett Kavanaugh's White House records.

They've finished processing the documents regarding his nomination & appointment to the DC Court of Appeals.
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2/ They tell me that all of those documents have been posted here:

georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/Research/Di…

They also posted *lists* of the records, down to the folder, from his time as Staff Secretary and Associate WH Counsel.
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3/ The accompanying email also noted: "For information concerning future openings, see the letters of notification of intent to release Presidential records at archives.gov/foia/pra-notif…."
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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 12, 2018
NEW: It's that time again. A new crop of requests from agencies to destroy their records:

Justice Dept: Criminal Division
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Federal Maritime Commission: Inspector General
Forest Service

altgov2.org/records-destru…

Not otherwise online.
2/ As always, we the people have the opportunity to comment on these requests (and on the National Archives's pending approval).

Deadline for this batch is Oct 8 and 10.
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3/ Environmentalists should be concerned about the types of records the Forest Service is scheduling for destruction:

Pesticide Use
Suitability Requirements
Energy Management
Grazing and Livestock Use
Wild Horses & Burros
Waste Prevention & Recycling
Timber Appraisals
Etc.
Read 4 tweets
Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 11, 2018
1/ The most detailed, damning look at the EPA lying to us about the air quality in NYC in the days after 9/11... was written by the EPA itself.

Specifically, by a scientist in the EPA's Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response.

Here it is:

nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi…
2/ A year after being written, it was leaked to the New York Post, which published this article about it but didn't post the report itself:

web.archive.org/web/2004072201…
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3/ At some point, it ended up in the EPA's online National Service Center for Environmental Publications:

nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi…
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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 6, 2018
SCOOP: The NSA is planning to destroy all "records related to complaints and allegations of abuses of civil liberties and privacy" received by its Civil Liberties, Privacy and Transparency Office:

altgov2.org/nsa-complaints/
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They want to destroy all actionable complaints, allegations, etc. just one year after resolution. (Complaints that they decide aren't actionable will be pulped after 90 days.)

The National Archives has already given its preliminary approval.

Details:
altgov2.org/nsa-complaints/
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I should point out that the NSA's proposal to destroy complaint records is open for public comment.

We can send feedback to the National Archives until October 5.

Details:
altgov2.org/nsa-complaints/
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Russ at AltGov2.org [FOIA / anti-secrecy] Profile picture
Sep 5, 2018
1/ NEW: I've posted more proposals by federal agencies to destroy their records:

Air Force
Defense Security Service
IRS
Forest Service
Foreign Agriculture Service

The public (i.e. all of us) has a limited time to submit comments.

altgov2.org/records-destru…
2/ The one really grabbing me is from the Defense Security Service.

They want to destroy important records of their Inspector General (internal watchdog) after just 3 years.

cc: @POGOBlog
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@POGOBlog 3/ Some of the records-destruction requests from the Forest Service seem concerning. They cover rural development, campgrounds, and procurement.

altgov2.org/records-destru…
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