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![This week’s FOIA round-up: Weird science at the Pentagon, a congressional challenge to the Interior’s proposed FOIA changes, and Minnesota law enforcement spies on pipeline protesters](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/02/01/SG1.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
This week’s FOIA round-up: Weird science at the Pentagon, a congressional challenge to the Interior’s proposed FOIA changes, and Minnesota law enforcement spies on pipeline protesters
For this week’s FOIA round-up, the Department of Defense releases more details on a late ‘00s program concerning fringe science theories, an Arizona congressman wants to challenge the Department of Interior’s proposed FOIA changes, and Minnesota law enforcement is gearing up for Enbridge Line 3 pipeline protests.
![DAPL Environmental Impact Assessment FOIA notes show debate about what report actually included](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/09/14/PipeCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DAPL Environmental Impact Assessment FOIA notes show debate about what report actually included
Over the past few years, many Freedom of Information Act offices have worked hard to better engage requesters and help guide requests down the right path. A recent DAPL-related rejection shows why that kind of dialog makes everyone’s life easier.
![DAPL fusion center reports illustrate everything wrong with fusion centers](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/09/FusionCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DAPL fusion center reports illustrate everything wrong with fusion centers
Flimsy threat assessments issued by North Dakota fusion center regarding the Standing Rock protests reinforce much of the criticsim that’s been leveled against fusions over the last decade and a half: namely, that fusion centers are not very good at their job, do not produce intelligence which is actionable or particularly useful, and are instead used to gain intelligence about activist groups, and members of the public who are not a crime risk, violating their civil liberties for basically no reason at all.
![DAPL threat assessment paints nonviolent Standing Rock protestors as unruly mob, defends use of attack dogs as "protection"](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/07/25/DAPLcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DAPL threat assessment paints nonviolent Standing Rock protestors as unruly mob, defends use of attack dogs as “protection”
A threat assessment by a local fusion center on the Standing Rock protests recently released to MuckRock presents a lopsided view of the conflict, with guards and law enforcement subject to unfair treatment on social media for their use of dogs as “protection,” and retaliatory public shaming for racist Facebook posts about Native Americans.
![MuckRock's Curtis Waltman is heading to Standing Rock](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/06/08/CampCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
MuckRock’s Curtis Waltman is heading to Standing Rock
With help from a grant by the Fund for Investigative Journalism, MuckRock’s Curtis Waltman will have the opportunity to travel to both North and South Dakota beginning this Friday, to speak with victims of this police violence and hear their stories, gather a more complete picture of the tactics used against them, and learn about the aftermath of what this trauma wrought.
5 Requests
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Melissa Hill sent this request to the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency of Nebraska
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EMAC Agreement and After Action Reports regarding DAPL (North Dakota) (Wisconsin State Patrol)
Melissa Hill sent this request to the Wisconsin State Patrol of Wisconsin
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Illinois State Police "#NoDAPL"
Brian Kroll sent this request to the Illinois State Police of Illinois
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MN EMAC and Morton County Sheriff's Department
Melissa Hill sent this request to the Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management of Minnesota
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NoDAPL Footage (North Dakota Army National Guard)
Emma North-Best sent this request to the North Dakota Army National Guard of North Dakota