Promises, Promises: Obama keeps some Bush secrets
By Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press
Despite a pledge to open government, the Obama administration has endorsed a Bush-era decision to keep secret key details of an FBI computer database that allows agents and analysts to search a billion documents with a wealth of personal information about Americans and foreigners...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights advocacy group, had sued under the Freedom of Information Act to get records showing how the FBI protects the privacy of Americans whose personal information winds up in the vast database...
"In light of all the fanfare at the highest levels of the administration about a new transparency policy, it's remarkable that not one word of additional material has been released as a result of that new policy," said David Sobel, the foundation's lawyer in the case.
Related Issues: FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government, NSA Spying, Transparency
Related Cases: FOIA: DOJ's Investigative Data Warehouse, Jewel v. NSA
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