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The FBI has "no documents on Occupy Wall Street"?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Leopold, Truthout)
Tue Feb 14 11:12:37 2012
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:12:36 -0500 (EST)
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t r u t h o u t | Dear Readers,
I want to share a story that I hope will convince you to support Truthout [ https://members.truth-out.org/donate ]:
Last month, I broke news and revealed a highly secretive practice the FBI uses in response to certain Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, known as "blackballing". The story came together organically: last November, the FBI responded to Truthout's FOIA request for documents on Occupy Wall Street by stating that the agency did not have any records responsive to our request, even though internal FBI records related to the protest movement had already been posted on the Internet. Civil rights historian Trevor Griffey read my report and then contacted me to share the details about "blackballing," which he learned about, accidentally, a year ago during the course of one of his FOIA requests. I contacted the agency, confirmed the details (a spokesman said "blackballing" was a "term of art"), and published the report.
By shining a light on the process, Truthout has empowered our fellow journalists and our community of readers - as well as the public at large. We all now know that when we file a FOIA request with the FBI or any other government agency and receive a "no records" response, the records we seek may yet exist, and we should keep pushing and file another request, asking for "processing notes" to find out if records were blackballed.
Journalism that informs AND empowers the public is rare, and I am grateful Mr. Griffey trusted me - and Truthout - with the details of this groundbreaking story.
In a time when the government is waging an all-out war on whistleblowers, this information is incredibly valuable. At Truthout, we promise to continue to challenge the blackballing, the disinformation and the lies, in order to help you see and understand the realities of the world we live in.
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">I want to share a story that I hop=
e will convince you to <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/tra=
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">Last month, I broke news and revea=
led a highly secretive practice the FBI uses in response to certain Freedom=
of Information Act (FOIA) requests, known as "<a href=3D"http://org2.democ=
racyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DoE44S6cTE%2FGgtUy6D6JGoGcDB3vRIKuO=
"><font color=3D"#cc0000">blackballing</font></a>." The story came together=
organically: last November, <strong>the FBI responded to <a href=3D"http:/=
/org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DRGhGmZrTpreJ38FU%2BclvH=
tAWaAM1uWnW"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Truthout’s FOIA request</font></=
a> for documents on Occupy Wall Street by stating that the agency did not h=
ave any records pertaining to our request,</strong> even though internal FB=
I records related to the protest movement had already been posted on t=
he Internet. Civil rights historian Trevor Griffey read my report and then =
contacted me to share the details about "blackballing," which he learned ab=
out, accidentally, a year ago during the course of one of his FOIA requests=
. I contacted the agency, confirmed the details <strong>(a spokesman said "=
blackballing" was a "term of art")</strong>, and published the report.</spa=
n></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">By shining a light on the process,=
Truthout has empowered our fellow journalists and our community of readers=
- as well as the public at large. We all now know that when we file a FOIA=
request with the FBI or any other government agency and receive a "no reco=
rds" response, the records we seek may yet exist, and we should keep pushin=
g and file another request, asking for "processing notes" to find out if re=
cords were blackballed.</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
</span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><strong>Journalism that informs AN=
D empowers the public is rare, and I am grateful Mr. Griffey trusted me - a=
nd Truthout - with the details of this groundbreaking story.</strong></span=
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
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<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; ">In a time when the government is w=
aging an all-out war on whistleblowers, this information is incredibly valu=
able. At Truthout, we promise to continue to challenge the blackballing, th=
e disinformation and the lies, in order to help you see and understand the =
realities of the world we live in. </span></div>
<div><span style=3D"font-size: medium; "><br />
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we truly need your help. <b>We have $24,000 to raise in order to make our =
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