Category «Freedom of Information»

Report Details Loss or Damage of 42 U.S. Aircraft During Operation Epic Fury in Iran World Defense

Defense News: “A newly released report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) has outlined significant U.S. aircraft losses and damage sustained during Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing American military campaign against Iranian military infrastructure launched in coordination with Israel earlier this year. According to the report, U.S. forces lost or sustained damage to 42 aircraft …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump’s ICE Dragnet Has Hauled Parents Away From 146,635 American Children

Brookings: Editor’s note: The key findings presented in this article were produced using a new interactive tool that generates estimates of the number of children likely affected by parental detention. These figures are estimates and should be interpreted accordingly. To learn more about the methodology and explore the tool yourself, click here. The Trump administration …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Justice Department subpoenas Wall Street Journal over media leaks 

Washington Post: “The Justice Department issued subpoenas to the Wall Street Journal in March, seeking records related to coverage of the conflict in Iran. The paper reported Monday [May 11, 2026] that the requests pertained to a Feb. 23 article that published before the war began. The story described internal Pentagon concerns about an extended military …

Subjects: Censorship, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

The Evolution of Epstein’s Trafficking Network, from Palm Beach to Paris and Beyond

The Price of Non-Prosecution: The Evolution of Epstein’s Trafficking Network, from Palm Beach to Paris and Beyond | May 12, 2026 – “Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Committee Democrats, and local Democratic Members held a hearing in West Palm Beach, Florida, as part of its Jeffrey …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

The internet you grew up on isn’t dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.

Take heart – the internet still exists. And you are on it now – as you read beSpacific and LLRX, so go out and discover all the other places, music, writing…enjoy. Terry Godier: “…The reason these systems survived is also the reason they are surviving the AI flood, and the reason they will probably outlive …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management

White House planned to start Triumphal Arch work under unrelated contract

Washington Post [no paywall]: “The Trump administration planned to start work at the site of the president’s proposed Triumphal Arch by piggybacking on an existing, unrelated contract for engineering services at the White House grounds more than a mile away, emails obtained by The Washington Post show. The move would allow the administration to bypass …

Subjects: E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

GPO Doubles Congressionally Mandates Reports on GovInfo

“U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) now makes more than 1,000 Congressionally Mandated Reports from 90 Federal agencies available on GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. This total has doubled since GPO announced reaching 500 Congressionally Mandated Reports in October 2024 and has continued to grow …

Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Energy, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

United States Counterterrorism Strategy. We Will Find You And We Will Kill You.

Follow up to Trump Strategy Names Antifa Among “Major Types of Terror Groups” – See also Dean Blundell: “If you are an American who disagrees with Donald Trump, the President of the United States, you have now put your name on a list. He didn’t say your name. He didn’t have to. He had Sebastian …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

The race to save US government datasets before they’re deleted

The Guardian: “…In the early days of the Data Rescue Project, there was a mad dash to save data from any agency they thought Trump or Doge would target next. Volunteers would download every dataset from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) webpages as backup copies …

Subjects: Censorship, Climate Change, Data Governance, E-Records, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research, Transportation

The Iran War Worsens America’s Democratic Erosion

The New York Times The Editorial Board: “The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom. President Trump’s war with Iran is the most significant military action in American history that a president has undertaken without any …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Economy, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump’s Complaints About Iran War Leaks Prompt Aggressive DOJ Investigations WSJ

Wall street Journal Gift Article – “President Trump privately complained to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about media leaks in the wake of the Iran war last month, according to administration officials familiar with the matter, prompting an aggressive push at the Justice Department to pursue those investigations. Blanche vowed to secure subpoenas specifically targeting the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Defense, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The World Press Freedom Index 2025

Press Freedom Index, over half of the world’s countries now fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom. In 25 years, the average score of all 180 countries and territories surveyed in the Index has never been so low. Since 2001, the expansion of increasingly restrictive legal arsenals — particularly those linked …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research