Post by auntym on Sept 1, 2014 12:39:57 GMT -6
ufodigest.com/article/fioia-0830
FIASCO: THE TRUE ACRONYM FOR THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
By Jeff Krause
September 01, 2014
As anyone who has ever filed a FOIA (also know as the “Freedom Of Information Act”) request knows, the process for obtaining requested information is seriously broken, to the extent that all agencies to which we commonly request information from have created an art form out of circumnavigating the legal process. The contempt shown by these agencies, and their FOIA Representatives, is apparent with every response, although cloaked in a sense of polite mock-legality. Claims of requested documents “not existing”, and later turning up, are more than just common, it is the norm.
When they do respond, they feel they are fulfilling their legal obligation by providing a document that is so heavily redacted, often with every line on the page blacked out with marker, or whited out to cover the content, that it is a worthless piece of paper that could say practically anything under the redaction. More often than not though, their response is a flat-out lie. Too many times they respond that said documents “do not exist”, only for it to be proven on further pressing that the exact same document does in fact exist!
Another diversion tactic is to respond to the request with the publicly posted archive, or a website that proudly displays “Project Blue Book” documents. Apparently the NSA, DIA, CIA, DOD, and The Air Force are too stupid to realize that most of us know that “Project Blue Book” was a sham, and that all of the “really good cases” went elsewhere. Project Blue Book never even saw them. Just the same, there were credible cases in Project Blue Book Special Report #14, in fact way more than given credit for. Even the Air Forces own assessment at the beginning was inaccurate, as if they were unable to correctly do the math. There was way more “unknowns” in their own report than they publicly acknowledged!
When the FOIA became law, under the administration of Jimmy Carter, the process worked like a miracle from Heaven. All of a sudden the flood gates were opened, and an overwhelming amount of information was suddenly available, much of it supporting what had been suspected all along…the reality of UFOs, extraterrestrials, and a complex effort to keep the information from the public. Since then, the process has been slowly eroded away in “the interests of National Security”. I’m glad that they feel secure, because when I find out that someone is keeping critical, important information from me, the last thing I feel is “secure”. In fact, I start wondering what is so important that they have to lie to me, and go to such a large effort to conceal the truth.
CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/fioia-0830
FIASCO: THE TRUE ACRONYM FOR THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
By Jeff Krause
September 01, 2014
As anyone who has ever filed a FOIA (also know as the “Freedom Of Information Act”) request knows, the process for obtaining requested information is seriously broken, to the extent that all agencies to which we commonly request information from have created an art form out of circumnavigating the legal process. The contempt shown by these agencies, and their FOIA Representatives, is apparent with every response, although cloaked in a sense of polite mock-legality. Claims of requested documents “not existing”, and later turning up, are more than just common, it is the norm.
When they do respond, they feel they are fulfilling their legal obligation by providing a document that is so heavily redacted, often with every line on the page blacked out with marker, or whited out to cover the content, that it is a worthless piece of paper that could say practically anything under the redaction. More often than not though, their response is a flat-out lie. Too many times they respond that said documents “do not exist”, only for it to be proven on further pressing that the exact same document does in fact exist!
Another diversion tactic is to respond to the request with the publicly posted archive, or a website that proudly displays “Project Blue Book” documents. Apparently the NSA, DIA, CIA, DOD, and The Air Force are too stupid to realize that most of us know that “Project Blue Book” was a sham, and that all of the “really good cases” went elsewhere. Project Blue Book never even saw them. Just the same, there were credible cases in Project Blue Book Special Report #14, in fact way more than given credit for. Even the Air Forces own assessment at the beginning was inaccurate, as if they were unable to correctly do the math. There was way more “unknowns” in their own report than they publicly acknowledged!
When the FOIA became law, under the administration of Jimmy Carter, the process worked like a miracle from Heaven. All of a sudden the flood gates were opened, and an overwhelming amount of information was suddenly available, much of it supporting what had been suspected all along…the reality of UFOs, extraterrestrials, and a complex effort to keep the information from the public. Since then, the process has been slowly eroded away in “the interests of National Security”. I’m glad that they feel secure, because when I find out that someone is keeping critical, important information from me, the last thing I feel is “secure”. In fact, I start wondering what is so important that they have to lie to me, and go to such a large effort to conceal the truth.
CONTINUE READING: ufodigest.com/article/fioia-0830