Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist

10-27-2011 • Mother Jones

A proposed rule to the Freedom of Information Act would allow federal agencies to tell people requesting certain law-enforcement or national security documents that records don't exist—even when they do.

2 Comments in Response to Rule Change Would Allow Government to Lie About Whether Records Exist

Comment by Temper Bay

Entered on: 10/27/2011 2:11:27 PM

New trick but old news; the Government has been lieing to its citizen since at least the Mexican war.

Comment by McElchap

Entered on: 10/27/2011 12:44:30 PM

It's about time! Being a professional liar is a prerequisite for employment in the federal bureaucracy. Enshrining prevarication in the law is only natural. Evil is good, ignorance is wisdom, work hard, obey the law, and you'll get ahead! And We have been led way too far down the hole to hell. When will Americans wise up in righteous anger? What part of "infringed" don't they understand?

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