Tag: FOIA
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For Ron DeSantis, freedom means not having to discuss Guantanamo in new book
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
In his new book, Gov. Ron DeSantis had the opportunity to discuss his record as a U.S. Navy JAG officer in Guantanamo, where a former detainee has accused him of involvement in illegal acts of torture amid a crackdown on hunger strikers in 2006. Yet he chose to remain largely silent. -
Under oath, AG Barr and other top Trump officials invoked ‘state secrets privilege’ to hide FBI 9/11 report with no state secrets
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Long before last month’s release of a 2016 FBI report about Operation Encore, the bureau’s probe into possible Saudi complicity in 9/11, top Trump administration officials swore under “penalty of perjury” that information in the report was a “state secret” whose public release was likely to cause “significant harm to the national security.” -
9/11: Split court rules privacy of suspects, FBI agents outweighs public interest in knowing
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A split federal appeals court largely denied Florida Bulldog’s effort to compel the FBI to open up additional files about 9/11 after concluding that the public interest in knowing what happened is outweighed by the privacy interests of suspects, witnesses and FBI investigators. -
U.S. Attorney General to decide whether a key name in 9/11 case is a ‘state secret’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
U.S. Attorney General William Barr has until Friday to decide whether to take the unusual step of asserting a “state secrets privilege” to conceal who tasked a pair of Saudis living in Southern California with helping two 9/11 hijackers. -
U.S. judge orders release of FBI records in Sarasota probe that may tie Saudi royals to 9/11 hijackers
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A federal judge has ruled the FBI unlawfully withheld from the Florida Bulldog key sections of records of its investigation of a Saudi family that fled Sarasota two weeks before the 9/11 attacks – leaving behind cars, clothes, furniture, food and other belongings. -
9/11 victims subpoena secret FBI records; next subpoenas to Saudi Arabia, State Dept.
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Armed with subpoena power granted by a federal judge, 9/11 victims suing Saudi Arabia have told the FBI to hand over long-hidden records, including an uncensored copy of a startling 2012 summary report about an investigation of an apparent co-conspirator of the suicide hijackers.
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