Lauren Harper
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Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy at @freedom.press. Interested in reducing overclassification, FOIA reform, enforcement of the Presidential Records Act, and preservation of federal records. Opinions mine. Signal leharper.89
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When information becomes seemingly impossible to obtain, that's when journalists know there's something worth uncovering.
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How much does it cost to get information about a cop who punched someone in the face? About $2.5M, plus 44,816 hours of staff time, according to the Eugene, OR, Police Department. If that sounds absurd, it’s because it is. Watch @laurenleharper.bsky.social explain:
Show Post"For small newsrooms, a $2.5 million invoice is effectively a gag order that was never actually about covering costs, but bullying the requester to drop their inquiry," FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social writes in @theintercept.com More on ransoms for public records:
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A test of whether DOJ is including alias accounts in searches might be to request all of the current A.G.’s emails “except those sent/received at the address [public email address].” You should get the private-address emails (address redacted). Or if you get nothing, time to appeal or sue.
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