Freedom of Information Act
 Freedom of Information Act  (law)   | |
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| Interest of | • MuckRock News • Programmed To Kill • Caitlin Russell • Ryan Shapiro • The Smoking Gun |
There are different Freedom of Information Act(s) by jurisdiction. In the US, the CIA claims to be able to refuse to release classified documents it had previously "leaked" to journalists.[1]
“It appears that Freedom of Information (hereinafter FOI) laws have never been loved by their parents. When US President Lyndon Johnson signed the world's first FOI Act into law in 1966, he was so keen not to be associated with it that – uniquely among modern Presidential enactions – there was no photographer present to capture the historic moment. It is fitting that Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, who gave the UK its own FOI Act, has since attempted to disassociate himself from the law he presented to the Queen for Royal Assent in 2000.”
Garrick Alder (2017) The British state’s failed attempt to kill off the Freedom of Information Act [2]
Examples
| Page name | Description |
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| Freedom of Information Act 2000 | |
| US/Freedom of Information Act | A now more or less defunct law, widely flouted by many organs of the US government. |
