Source: Propublica.org
Last week, Propublica reported that a proposed Freedom of Information Act rule from the U.S. Department of Justice would allow agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security records that the information did not exist -- even if it did.
The measure riled open-government advocates and some members of Congress, who have pushed for greater federal transparency.
Thursday, DOJ said it had withdrawn the measure from its final regulations.
In a letter to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, one of several members of Congress who had questioned the proposal, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich said that the measure would not be included in the DOJ's final rule.
"The Justice Department decided that misleading the American people would be wrong, and made the right decision to pull the proposed regulation," Sen. Grassley said in a statement.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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On the other side of the coin, if a taxpayer told the DOJ that certain records didn't exist, and they did, that would get them time in a federal prison. Even if the records were irrelevant for the case being investigated. How can the DOJ attempt to allow for themselves what they consider criminal behavior and still believe they have any integrity. It's time for a radical change at our DOJ.
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