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'''Ryan Shapiro''' is a [[FOIA]] [[activist]] whose work helped expose the [[Dallas occupy plot]].
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'''Ryan Shapiro''' is a [[FOIA]] [[activist]] whose work helped expose the [[Dallas occupy plot]]. At one point the [[FBI]] wanted to stop to respond to his FOIA requests.<ref>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131118/01542825271/fbi-stops-responding-to-most-prolific-foia-filer-because-he-might-actually-learn-something.shtml</ref>
  
Shapiro is regarded by the [[U.S. Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)]] as the "most prolific" FOIA requester,<ref name=Sledge>{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/fbi-foia_n_4270021.html | title=The FBI Doesn't Want You To Know Why It Won't Tell You Its Secrets | publisher=''[[Huffington Post]]'' | date=November 14, 2013 | accessdate=November 15, 2013 | author=Sledge, Matt}}</ref> and the FBI has claimed that his requests for information through the FOIA are "irreparably damag[ing] to national security."<ref name=Lennard>{{cite web | url=http://www.salon.com/2013/11/13/fbi_calls_phd_foia_research_a_national_security_risk/ | title=FBI calls Ph.D. FOIA research a national security risk | publisher=''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' | date=November 13, 2013 | accessdate=November 15, 2013 | author=Lennard, Natasha}}</ref>
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Shapiro is regarded by the [[U.S. Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)]] as the "most prolific" FOIA requester,<ref name=Sledge>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/fbi-foia_n_4270021.html</ref> and the FBI has claimed that his requests for information through the FOIA are "irreparably damag[ing] to national security."<ref name=Lennard>http://www.salon.com/2013/11/13/fbi_calls_phd_foia_research_a_national_security_risk/</ref>
  
 
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Person.png Ryan Shapiro  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(activist)
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BornRyan Noah Shapiro
1976
New York, NY
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
SpouseStephanie Bain
ExposedDallas occupy plot
InterestsFreedom of Information Act

Ryan Shapiro is a FOIA activist whose work helped expose the Dallas occupy plot. At one point the FBI wanted to stop to respond to his FOIA requests.[1]

Shapiro is regarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as the "most prolific" FOIA requester,[2] and the FBI has claimed that his requests for information through the FOIA are "irreparably damag[ing] to national security."[3]


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