Tag: Freedom of Information Act

"It's like pulling teeth, getting basic information about document production from the State Department," Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, told the Washington Examiner. (Bloomberg/ Daniel Acker)

White House touts transparency as lawsuits pile up

Sarah Bedford · January 12, 2016 6:13 am

"I'm confident that we will ensure that even though the Snapchat messages disappear, that they are properly recorded for posterity's sake," Earnest said. "We have been able to work this out with them." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House: Obama administration more open than Congress

Nicole Duran · January 11, 2016 9:31 pm

State dumps thousands of Clinton emails at 1 a.m.

Sarah Bedford · January 8, 2016 6:13 am

State Dept. officials missed yet another deadline for publishing 2,900 pages of Hillary Clinton's emails. (AP)

State’s latest Clinton email fail

Sarah Bedford · January 8, 2016 5:59 am

New batch of Clinton records to contain 45 classified emails

Sarah Bedford · January 7, 2016 7:51 pm

Huma Abedin, aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham, left, goes over notes with Clinton, during her visit to the newly opened University Teaching Hospital Pediatric Centre of Excellence, in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, June 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

National Security

Dozens of State Dept. staff knew Clinton used private email

Sarah Bedford · January 7, 2016 5:41 pm

This obscure law had a big political impact in 2015

Sarah Bedford · December 31, 2015 7:16 pm

Guy Cecil, who worked on Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, won't manage her 2016 campaign. (AP Photo)

State Dept. to fall short of court order on Clinton email release

Sarah Bedford · December 31, 2015 4:33 pm

State Dept. plans New Year’s Eve release of Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · December 28, 2015 5:12 pm

Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit for the same documents sought by Lamar Smith related to a study that disproved the belief that there had been a pause in global warming during recent years. Smith had been seeking communications from NOAA employees in an attempt to find a political slant to the study. (AP file photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Watchdog group sues government over climate study

Kyle Feldscher · December 22, 2015 8:36 pm

"It's not like I didn't have the opportunity to understand what the right thing to do is," Ash Carter said. "I didn't do the right thing. This is entirely on me." (AP Photo)

National Security

Pentagon releases defense secretary’s personal emails

Jacqueline Klimas · December 18, 2015 6:16 pm

Justice Dept. sued over deleted Clinton emails

Sarah Bedford · December 8, 2015 5:50 pm