Background In December 2014, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton provided the Department with emails that were sent or received by her while she was Secretary of State. The controversy behind this collection, was that they were sent to/from her private server, rather than her State Department issued e-mail, utilizing arguably more secure systems. The Department of State conducted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) review of all emails provided by former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton. Starting in June 2015, the State Department has been releasing batches of e-mails to the general public, through FOIA and subsequent litigation. The…
Author: John Greenewald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hITfAAyMLy0 The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). At the root, the FOIA truly is a remarkable thing. It gives the right to anyone the ability to request information from the United States government, and in many cases, actually receive what they requested. Although utilizing the act proves to be quite the challenge, and there is a lot of room for record requests to be denied, it allows the people to hold the U.S. government and military accountable. Above all else, it offers a window into a shadowed past marred by secrecy and deceit, and it allows every day people to…
Background In November 1969, Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, and General William C. Westmoreland, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, directed Lieutenant General William R. Peers, U.S. Army, to “explore the nature and scope of the original Army investigations of what occurred on 16 March 1968 in Son My Village, Quang Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam.” This collection of materials, commonly known as the “Peers Inquiry,” which provides the results of General Peers’ investigation of the “My Lai incident”— later also known as the “My Lai massacre”— is divided into four volumes: the report, witness testimonies, exhibit materials, and…
Background Below, you will find the available records from FBI File 121-HQ-23278, which deals with Alleged Communists in the State Department, which dates back to 1950. The FOIA case is still ongoing, but the released records are below. Document Archive FBI File 121-HQ-23278: Alleged Communists in the State Department – FBI Release #1 – [2,139 Pages, 175MB] FBI File 121-HQ-23278: Alleged Communists in the State Department – FBI Release #2 – [411 Pages, 312MB]
Background This video was obtained from the The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). It was found in a list of videos, currently archived by that agency. Video Archive https://youtu.be/JyXaTSZ8Kyg FOIA Response Letter