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UPDATED: Kentucky newspaper wins public records lawsuit, but what will actually be released is uncertain
Following a year-long battle, one Kentucky newspaper celebrates a public records victory - but not without facing a new records exemption for the same documents being requested.
Introducing MuckRock’s Student Journalist FOIA Grantees
In August, we announced a new initiative to support up and coming FOIA fighters who want to help better understand and report on government. Today we’re pleased to announce the college participants in the inaugural MuckRock’s Student Journalist FOIA Grants.
High school and college student newspapers can use public records to break big stories - MuckRock wants to help
Whether it’s teenagers digging into a long-forgotten promise or a high school paper uncovering discrepancies in their principal’s credentials, students that learn how to use public records can punch well above their weight class in accountability and transparency. With our new Student Journalist FOIA Grant, MuckRock wants to help.
Ernest Hemingway, the FBI, and the aborted duel
FBI files on Ernest Hemingway document the author’s late-life feud with a New Zealand journalist in Cuba that apparently came close to causing an international incident - and led to the 55-year old Hemingway being challenged to a duel.
CIA and NSA first sought to exploit commercial databases in mid-80s
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the least famous, least exciting, and most prevalent form of intelligence, covering any sources that are theoretically open to anyone, such as newspaper articles, published books, or social media posts. With the ubiquity of the internet, the use of such commercial databases is beyond routine for both the Intelligence Community and the government at large, but there was a time, however, where the mere interest was not only cutting edge, but problematic.
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Law Enforcement Presence at White House
Nicholas Burkhead sent this request to the United States Secret Service of the United States of America
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Law Enforcement Presence at White House
Nicholas Burkhead sent this request to the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America
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Law Enforcement Presence at White House
Nicholas Burkhead sent this request to the Department of Justice - FOIA/PA Mail Referral Unit of the United States of America
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Law Enforcement Presence at White House
Nicholas Burkhead sent this request to the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC