Just two days ago we were discussing the status of EFF v. ODNI, the FOIA case in NDCA where disclosure is being sought of documents evidencing the telecom lobbying on immunity for corporate participation in Bush’s surveillance program. As you will recall, Judge White had denied the various stay attempts put forth by the government [...]

We’ve been discussing whether the amazing disappearing emails disappeared for nefarious reasons or not. While I still can’t answer that question, there are two data points it’s worth remembering: the White House suddenly decided that Office of Administration was not an agency, just so it could avoid responding to any FOIA requests about its missing email. And