Many 9/11 records should be automatically declassified next year
But because of a broken classification system, that won’t happen
Tell Congress to protect FOIA offices
Use FPF’s new tool to ask your representatives to put a stop to secrecy
How bad is secrecy? We don't know legal basis for killing 11
Plus: The JD Vance meme is harmless. But detaining someone for 18 hours over it and denying having any information about the detainment isn’t
Administration kills 11, provides no legal rationale
FPF FOIA request seeks legal justification for Venezuelan boat strike
You filed a FOIA, then the agency wrongly demanded ID. What now?
Plus: more updates from FPF’s FOIA trenches, and how news deserts enable government secrecy.
The U.S. government is hiding Öztürk records. Its rationale is insulting
If the government was really concerned about protecting privacy, it wouldn’t have abducted and detained Öztürk for writing an op-ed
Most classified records don’t deserve protection — or justify an FBI raid
There are a lot of good reasons to hate John Bolton. This isn’t one of them
The Energy Department is trying to close your FOIA request
Plus: What we’re doing about Trump’s D.C. takeover
How climate change researcher Rachel Santarsiero makes FOIA work
The challenges are steep, but persistence can pay off
What happened the day the BLS chief was fired? An FPF FOIA seeks answers
Plus: the Church Committee uncovered the CIA’s worst spying abuses. Some of the committee’s own records may soon be declassified
