A federal judge in New York has shut down a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Gizmodo Media Group against the U.S. Department of Justice over alleged wiretaps of President Donald Trump, saying the DOJ was within its legal rights when it couldn’t confirm nor deny any such material. In March 2017, right-wing website […]
Here’s What Amazon Has to do to Secure $23M from Virginia…
Amazon will receive staggered payouts for occupying an increasing amount of office space near National Airport, and get at least two days’ notice when someone requests information it provides to Arlington County, under an incentives agreement the County Board will vote on March 16. The $23 million agreement, which was provided to The Washington Post […]
Federal Judge Opens Discovery Into Clinton Email Usage…
Judicial Watch announced today that, in a ruling excoriating both the U.S. Departments of State and Justice, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ordered both agencies to join Judicial Watch in submitting a proposed schedule for discovery into whether Hillary Clinton sought to evade the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by using a […]
Amazon’s NYC Deal Gets Cuomo, De Blasio on Wrong Side of Big Apple Residents, Fellow Democrats…
New York’s top politicians, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, have been accused of an “immoral waste of taxpayers’ money” and being out of touch with their constituents as the chorus of complaints grows louder over the incentive-laden package put together by the Democrats to lure Amazon to the Big Apple. The comments […]
Virginia Will Help Amazon Fight FOIA Requests as Part of New HQ Deal…
NY Taxpayers to Pay $61,000 Per Amazon HQ2 Job…
The Challenge of Curbing Corporate Subsidies Like Amazon’s HQ2…
Like Everybody Else in the Obama Administration We Now Learn Former FBI Director James Comey Discussed Sensitive Business on His Gmail Account…
Fired FBI chief James Comey used his private Gmail account hundreds of times to conduct government business — and at least seven of those messages were deemed so sensitive by the Justice Department that they declined to release them. The former top G-man repeatedly claimed he only used his private account for “incidental” purposes and […]
In His Last Year in Office Obama Spent a Stunning $36.2M on Lawsuits to Hide Federal Records from Public…
Obama and his administration will forever go down in the history books as the least transparent regime in history. Now we have proof that in his final year as president he was spending a lot more on legal costs than we thought. To defend his refusal to flip federal records under the Freedom of Information […]
APPEAL: How Much Information About 9/11 Must FBI Share With Public…
A federal appeals court has been asked to overturn a Miami district court judge and order a Freedom of Information Act trial to determine whether the FBI made a proper search for records about its secretive 9/11 Review Commission. “This case presents a case of enormous public interest: How much information concerning its investigation of […]