CIA Redacted 'Off The Record, No Comment' From Released Documents
from the huh? dept
Over at The Intercept, there's an article claiming that the AP's national security reporter Ken Dilanian had a too cozy relationship with the CIA while he was at the Tribune Company. It's an interesting read, based on pages upon pages of emails between reporters and the CIA that were released under a FOIA request. However, what caught my attention, more than the full story, was something in all of those emails, spotted by Katherine Hawkins. And it's that, on page 363, it seems clear that the CIA, when releasing these emails, redacted the line "Off the record, no comment." It's rather obvious, because Dilanian immediately repeats that line right back, somewhat angrily at the ridiculousness of it.
I'm curious how "off the record, no comment" qualifies as either. It appears to be redactions for redactions' sake.
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They don't line the sheets and spray black ink with a hose because it would be too blatant. Incidentally that's why they pretend to follow some judicial orders.
At this point what prevents them from completely forging communications and other documents to release as FOIA responses anyway?
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REDACTED
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Why is anything redacted?
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Re: Why is anything redacted?
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Are you sure?
The size of the redaction space kind of bears this out too.
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Contempt of the people.
And then the upper level officer rubber stamps it nominal consideration.
On both levels: Contempt of the people. Why can't they just trust us and let us do our jobs, those F[REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED]kwits?
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how
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kinds of redactions?
Sounds like more of a b(s) redaction to me...
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