The Obama administration set a record for the number of times its federal employees told disappointed citizens, journalists and others that despite searching they couldn't find a single page requested under the Freedom of Information Act, according to a new Associated Press analysis of government data.

In some high-profile instances, usually after news organizations filed expensive federal lawsuits, the Obama administration found tens of thousands of pages after it previously said it couldn't find any. The website Gawker sued the State Department last year after it said it couldn't find any emails that Philippe Reines, an aide to Hillary Clinton and former deputy assistant secretary of state, had sent to journalists. After the lawsuit, the agency said it found 90,000 documents about correspondence between Reines and reporters. In one email, Reines wrote to a reporter, "I want to avoid FOIA," although Reines' lawyer later said he was joking.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/03/...asked.html

Don't know how they compare administrations pre and post FOIA, but that's been a common enough complaint among journalists who cover White House and the Obama administration.

washtub ops as usual.....that's why Trump matters if one believes him and his end goals...

it's one of many I find interesting about him....his filter is wide open....that is what also scares many....

Why should he disclose things? He knows it all. Noone else should question him.

http://freebeacon.com/columns/president-...arcissist/

Pretty good description of Obama. Fits with all his behavior.

(03-20-2016 11:29 AM)bullet Wrote:  Why should he disclose things? He knows it all. Noone else should question him.

And we're going to replace him with Trump or Hillary.

Jesus wept.

(03-20-2016 11:50 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(03-20-2016 11:29 AM)bullet Wrote:  Why should he disclose things? He knows it all. Noone else should question him.

And we're going to replace him with Trump or Hillary.

Jesus wept.

then died...

(03-18-2016 02:10 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  Don't know how they compare administrations pre and post FOIA, but that's been a common enough complaint among journalists who cover White House and the Obama administration.

A lot of admins try to redact crap they should not but Obama's administration has went way over the top

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/h9xqzn/the...ency-award

(03-20-2016 04:35 PM)Bull_In_Exile Wrote:  

(03-18-2016 02:10 PM)gsu95 Wrote:  Don't know how they compare administrations pre and post FOIA, but that's been a common enough complaint among journalists who cover White House and the Obama administration.

A lot of admins try to redact crap they should not but Obama's administration has went way over the top

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/h9xqzn/the...ency-award

No arguments from me. A sometimes willful lack of openness is definitely not what I wanted to see out of his administration.

Do the people's business in the open. The only exception being - in my opinion - national security and that which could cost lives.

I've wrangled with local governments for years over lack of Sunshine issue. Won some, lost some ....

(03-21-2016 09:56 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  Do the people's business in the open. The only exception being - in my opinion - national security and that which could cost lives.

Hillary would disagree with you.

(03-21-2016 11:41 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 09:56 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  Do the people's business in the open. The only exception being - in my opinion - national security and that which could cost lives.

Hillary would disagree with you.

I know.

(03-21-2016 11:55 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 11:41 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-21-2016 09:56 AM)gsu95 Wrote:  Do the people's business in the open. The only exception being - in my opinion - national security and that which could cost lives.

Hillary would disagree with you.

I know.

On both counts.