Lauren Harper

Author: Lauren Harper

FRINFORMSUM 5/22/2014: Court Allows CIA to Keep Bay of Pigs History Secret, Videos of Force-Feedings at Guantanamo, USA Freedom Act “Gutted,” and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 5/15/2014: Senators Slam DOJ for Contributing to “Culture of Misinformation,” Sprint was Given Legal Rationale for NSA Domestic Spying, and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 5/8/2014: Dueling House Surveillance Bills, NARA’s FOIA Advisory Committee, and Much More.
To Be the Global Transparency Leader, the US Must Publish FOIA Releases Online
FRINFORMSUM 5/1/2014: Modest Nuclear Stockpile Drop, Cybersecurity Issues, a Corrupt DHS Inspector General, and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 4/24/2014: Courts Order the DOJ and CIA to Disclose Key National Security Docs and Demand Investigation into Potential FBI Misconduct in 9/11 Trial, and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 4/17/2014: NYPD to Shut Down Unit that Labeled Entire Mosques “Terrorism Enterprises,” the FBI Accused of Meddling in 9/11 Trial, Sen. Grassley Stands Up for Whistleblowers, and More.
The CIA’s Declassified Torture Handbook: How to Create a “World of Fear, Terror, Anxiety, Dread.”
FRINFORMSUM 4/10/2014: Feinstein Asks WH to Declassify CIA torture Report instead of CIA, USAID’s Sham “Cuban Twitter” Account, the CIA’s Role in Publishing “Doctor Zhivago” in USSR during Cold War, and Much More.
Jose Rodriguez Destroys Key Evidence of CIA Torture Program, then Condemns Senate Report for being “Flawed,” Biased, and Incomplete
FOIA Lawsuit Fights to Reveal US Government’s Involvement in Nelson Mandela’s 1962 Arrest
FRINFORMSUM 4/3/2014: Senate Intel Committee to Vote on Declassifying Small Portion of Torture Report, WH Considers Releasing Spy Jonathan Pollard, and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 3/27/2014: Competing Plans to Overhaul the NSA, Senate to Vote Soon on Declassifying Parts of Contentious Torture Report, and Much More.
FRINFORMSUM 3/20/2014: the NSA’s MYSTIC Program Powerful Enough to Swallow a “nation’s telephone program whole,” Judge Calls a DOJ Search Practice “repugnant to the Fourth Amendment,” and Much More.
Agencies Must Update FOIA Regulations
National Security Archive Audit Sheds Light on Best Practice FOIA Regulations this Sunshine Week
FRINFORMSUM 3/13/2014: Senators Grill DOJ’s Top FOIA Officer and Express Concerns the DOJ doesn’t Act According to Obama’s “Day One” Transparency Promise, and Sen. Feinstein Finally Condemns an Intel Agency’s Snooping –If Only Because it was on her Staff
FRINFORMSUM 3/6/2014: Battle Rages Between CIA and Senate Intel Committee over Torture Report, Conflicting Intelligence Analysis of the Ukraine Crisis, and More.
FRINFORMSUM 2/27/2014: House Unanimously Passes FOIA Bill, DOJ will try to Inform Media Orgs if it Intends to Seize their Records in Leak Investigations, and More.
US Documents Help Contextualize Iraqi Records on Iranian Nuclear Program