Justice Department Abandons Changes to Freedom of Information Act

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Justice Department Abandons Changes to Freedom of Information Act

via GamePolitics blogs by james_fudge on 11/4/11

The U.S Justice Department has backed off proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Act after strong public criticism to the changes, and a collective verbal lashing from lawmakers on both sides of the political spectrum. Lawmakers felt that proposed changes gave the DOJ a license to lie to citizens who were looking for information from the government.

At issue was a proposal that gave the agency the ability to say that information "did not exist" if an agency determined that said information was classified in nature.

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