Shawn Musgrave

The Best of the Government’s ‘We Cannot Confirm Nor Deny’ Claims
FOIA•Article
In a spectacular episode for history buffs and transparency nuts alike, Radiolab posted an episode yesterday that explores the Cold War roots of the Glomar “neither confirm nor deny” response to FOIA requests. Here are some of the most notable and bizarre Glomar responses that MuckRock users have …

Published Feb. 13, 2014 Shawn Musgrave Anais Vaillant
This Method is So Constitutional, the DEA Won’t Even Release Its Name
Surveillance•Article
Training documents released to MuckRock user C.J. Ciaramella by the Drug Enforcement Administration provide unprecedented details on the tactic known as “parallel construction,” by which agents reverse engineer evidence to hide surveillance programs from defense teams, prosecutors and a public wary of domestic intelligence practices. But the DEA redacted all …

Published Feb. 4, 2014 Shawn Musgrave

The Best of the Government’s ‘We Cannot Confirm Nor Deny’ Claims