Freedom of Information Act Lawsuits

The Obama administration’s secret opposition to FOIA reform

In 2014, bipartisan transparency reform mysteriously died in Congress. Our lawsuit uncovered Obama’s Justice Department was secretly opposing the FOIA reform bill and forced the White House to sign it in 2016. 

Read more about our case here

The secret rules for using National Security Letters on reporters

The Justice Department has “media guidelines” to supposedly restrict its ability to spy on journalists. Our lawsuit confirmed National Security Letters are exempted from this policy and there are secret rules for targeting reporters with NSLs.

Read more about our case here

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