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Obama Admin Denies Record Number of FOIA Requests on Security Grounds

HeadlineMar 19, 2014

New figures show the Obama administration denied a record number of Freedom of Information Act requests last year despite pledges of transparency. According to the Associated Press, the White House denied or partially censored 36 percent of FOIA requests. In a record 57 percent of cases, the administration cited grounds of national security. Upon first taking office, President Obama had vowed to make his administration “the most open and transparent in history.”

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