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For anyone who has ever sweated over a FOIA request, let this be a cautionary tale - too much of a good thing:
"People for the American Way Foundation made a FOIA request to the Executive Office for the United States Attorneys for records pertaining to requests by the government to seal proceedings of cases in court concerning the detention of post 9/11 immigrant detainees. The request also sought any pleadings (with detainee names redacted) filed in these cases. The government initially declined to produce any records in the case. Then, just two days before it was to file its motion for summary judgment asking to court to dismiss the case, it came up with a new tact. The government told the requester it would be more than happy to search for responsive records, with one caveat. Before the government could search for responsive records, the EOUSA asked the requester to pay estimated search fees of $372,799."
-- MDT
"People for the American Way Foundation made a FOIA request to the Executive Office for the United States Attorneys for records pertaining to requests by the government to seal proceedings of cases in court concerning the detention of post 9/11 immigrant detainees. The request also sought any pleadings (with detainee names redacted) filed in these cases. The government initially declined to produce any records in the case. Then, just two days before it was to file its motion for summary judgment asking to court to dismiss the case, it came up with a new tact. The government told the requester it would be more than happy to search for responsive records, with one caveat. Before the government could search for responsive records, the EOUSA asked the requester to pay estimated search fees of $372,799."
-- MDT
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