Did a quick little write-up about the USPS response to my MICT FOIA, thought you might be interested. Thanks to Cryptome for posting the LEO spy forms orignally! https://openwatch.net/i/248/mailtap-usps-documents-expose-how-local-police-a Can anybody spot me $500,000? ————————————— Rich Jones * OpenWatch <https://openwatch.net>* is a global citizen news network. Download OpenWatch for iOS<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/openwatch-social-muckraking/id642680756?ls=1&mt=8>and for Android<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ale.openwatch&hl=en> !
Rich, Forgive my ignorance but can't a mainstream news organization (as defied by the FOIA law) just duplicate your FOIA request? -Travis On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Rich Jones <rich@openwatch.net> wrote:
Did a quick little write-up about the USPS response to my MICT FOIA, thought you might be interested. Thanks to Cryptome for posting the LEO spy forms orignally!
https://openwatch.net/i/248/mailtap-usps-documents-expose-how-local-police-a
Can anybody spot me $500,000?
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Travis Biehn <tbiehn@gmail.com> wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but can't a mainstream news organization (as defied by the FOIA law) just duplicate your FOIA request?
They could - this sort of hack/approach has been controversial recently in the institutional FOIA community, where agencies may "aggregate" requests that they believe are part of a concerted effort to avoid fees by having multiple requestors each request subsets of the responsive records, since small requests are often processed without fees. The suggestion isn't that, exactly, but FOIA response units are aware generally of efforts to reduce/avoid fees, so I wouldn't be surprised if this approach met with resistance. See https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/blog/2013/09/time-doj%E2%80%99s-foia-cop-... more. -- Greg Broiles gbroiles@gmail.com (Lists only. Not for confidential communications.)
Ill pitch in $20. Perhaps you could start one of those fund campaigns to collect the needed monies. On Friday, September 20, 2013, Rich Jones wrote:
Did a quick little write-up about the USPS response to my MICT FOIA, thought you might be interested. Thanks to Cryptome for posting the LEO spy forms orignally!
https://openwatch.net/i/248/mailtap-usps-documents-expose-how-local-police-a
Can anybody spot me $500,000?
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