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Can a FOIA be denied due to lack of public interest?
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Site Supporter   Location: Idaho (pending) Joined: Sat Aug 4, 2012 Posts: 2825 
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Saw the FBI's response to the FOIA for Hillary's missing emails and they refused to release them because of lack of public interest. Is this a legit reason to deny a FOIA?
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/ ... -withhold/ |
| Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:25 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Idaho, Land of the Free Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 22314 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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Time to file a FOIA request or a thousand.
_________________ “I really don't care, Margaret." ~JD Vance |
| Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:37 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve
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I suspect that there's some misinterpretation doing on here . . . .
I bet it's a question of whether it's "in the public interest" (i.e., of value to the citizens), not "if there's enough public interest" (i.e., people are curious enough). _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:42 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: RENTON Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2011 Posts: 20841 Real Name: John
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If even ONE Citizen is curious, that should be enough.
_________________ Mr. Q wrote: so basically, if you have to smoke some asshole, make sure they become fertilizer and then Bounce? got it. Guntrader wrote: Huh, maybe I was an asshole. NRA Member/RSO SAF 5 Year Donor GOA Member |
| Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:22 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: 12 Acres in Eastern WA Joined: Sat Nov 10, 2012 Posts: 7252
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File a FOIA request for copies of all the FOIAs.... (has been done)
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| Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:58 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lynnwood/Bothell Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2014 Posts: 8688 Real Name: Curtis
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If they need more public interest, I'm sure we can drum some up.
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| Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:47 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Idaho (pending) Joined: Sat Aug 4, 2012 Posts: 2825
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MadPick wrote: I suspect that there's some misinterpretation doing on here . . . . I bet it's a question of whether it's "in the public interest" (i.e., of value to the citizens), not "if there's enough public interest" (i.e., people are curious enough). Is either one an exception for FOIA? I don't see it on there. https://www.foia.gov/faq.html#exemptions |
| Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:24 pm |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve
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os2firefox wrote: MadPick wrote: I suspect that there's some misinterpretation doing on here . . . . I bet it's a question of whether it's "in the public interest" (i.e., of value to the citizens), not "if there's enough public interest" (i.e., people are curious enough). Is either one an exception for FOIA? I don't see it on there. https://www.foia.gov/faq.html#exemptions Me neither.  The only mention of the public interest is in the section about waiving fees: https://www.foia.gov/faq.html#fees _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Wed Aug 30, 2017 8:08 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Idaho, Land of the Free Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 22314 Real Name: Vick Lagina
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This web site, a click-bait conservative "news" site, is offering to help this guy out by having a poll to demonstrate public interest. (FWIW)
http://independentcitizen.com/fbi-refus ... zy-excuse/ _________________ “I really don't care, Margaret." ~JD Vance |
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