Expert panel tracks escalating war on the First Amendment
Watch the event here, featuring speakers from the ACLU, Free Press, FPF, and Knight First Amendment Institute
See you in 2038: The Pentagon’s latest press strategy
Plus: The DOJ is blaming you for its FOIA failures
FPF sues to see how agencies are dismantling privacy safeguards
Plus: The ‘most transparent administration in history’ is making FOIA even worse
DHS celebrates Sunshine Week with illegal firing of FOIA officer
Plus: Rep. Tlaib introduces the Ellsberg Act
Is the Pentagon watchdog shielding the agency from probes into lawless ops?
Plus: Nominee to be next archivist has no qualifications for the job
Trump is making it easier for the CIA to spy on Americans — yet again
Plus: Judge Cannon helps bury the Jack Smith report on classified documents at Mar-a-Lago
Learn how to FOIA from the pros
Experts on managing varied local and federal transparency law, plus tips for working with records custodians and more
Boat strike death toll climbs, legal justification still hidden
Plus: U.S. embassies put diplomacy up for sale
Repression as a service
A manual for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked on Jan. 30 via 404 Media. Let’s look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we’ve come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us.The app features gamified neighborhood maps, …
Sen. Wyden raises the alarm on potential CIA abuses
Plus: The State Department is purging its X accounts. That will only make diplomacy harder
