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Image of panel from FPF-EIPAD event

Expert panel tracks escalating war on the First Amendment

Secrecy•Article

Watch the event here, featuring speakers from the ACLU, Free Press, FPF, and Knight First Amendment Institute

Published March 30, 2026 Lauren Harper

Screenshot via the Department of Defense

See you in 2038: The Pentagon’s latest press strategy

FOIA•Newsletter

Plus: The DOJ is blaming you for its FOIA failures

Published March 29, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of an executive order on the White House website, “Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos.”

FPF sues to see how agencies are dismantling privacy safeguards

FOIA•Newsletter

Plus: The ‘most transparent administration in history’ is making FOIA even worse

Published March 22, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of a Department of Homeland Security document titled, “Privacy Threshold Analysis.”

DHS celebrates Sunshine Week with illegal firing of FOIA officer

FOIA•Newsletter

Plus: Rep. Tlaib introduces the Ellsberg Act

Published March 15, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of a declassified Defense Department inspector general report, with the title “Requirements for the TRAILBLAZER and THINTIIREAD Systems.”

Is the Pentagon watchdog shielding the agency from probes into lawless ops?

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: Nominee to be next archivist has no qualifications for the job

Published March 8, 2026 Lauren Harper

Screenshot of the CIA’s seal

Trump is making it easier for the CIA to spy on Americans — yet again

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: Judge Cannon helps bury the Jack Smith report on classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Published March 1, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of a video of a U.S. military strike on a boat with the word “unclassified” at the top.

Boat strike death toll climbs, legal justification still hidden

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: U.S. embassies put diplomacy up for sale

Published Feb. 22, 2026 Lauren Harper

A screenshot of a letter sent by Sen. Ron Wyden to CIA Director John Ratcliffe, alerting him to a classified letter Wyden sent in which he expressed “deep concern” about CIA activities.

Sen. Wyden raises the alarm on potential CIA abuses

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: The State Department is purging its X accounts. That will only make diplomacy harder

Published Feb. 15, 2026 Lauren Harper

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands at a podium.

Marco Rubio is out as archivist. His replacement will likely also flop

Secrecy•Newsletter

Plus: The Trump ‘library’ grift continues

Published Feb. 8, 2026 Lauren Harper

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks to reporters on March 5, 2025.

Tulsi Gabbard’s hypocritical chokehold on whistleblowers

Secrecy•Article

FPF FOIA shows the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has no credibility

Published Feb. 4, 2026 Lauren Harper