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@jasonleopold.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 2:32 PM

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!

Pam Bondi’s Secret DOJ Email Address Revealed

The former AG used an email alias during her tenure. It’s a long-standing DOJ practice that can interfere with the public’s ability to access records through the #FOIA
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

@opengovva.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 12:35 PM

VCOG All Access News, 10/2/26: #FOIA Friday; emails show problems; legislative agenda; private v. public university
opengovva.org/transparency...

@bsky.realhackhistory.org Oct 2, 2026, 12:32 PM

Sad that they won’t give me anything here. #FOIA

FOIPA Request No.: 1738130-000
Subject: Syrian Electronic Army (March 1, 2011 - December 31, 2016)
Dear i
This responds to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request. Please see the paragraphs
below for relevant information specific to your request as well as the enclosed FBI FOIPA Addendum for standard responses applicable to all requests.
The FBI has completed its search for records subject to the FOIPA that are responsive to your request. The
material you requested is located in an investigative file which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 U.S.C. S
552(b)(7)(A). 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A) exempts from disclosure:
records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information.. could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings...
The records responsive to your request are law enforcement records; there is a pending or prospective law
enforcement proceeding relevant to these responsive records, and release of the information could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings. Therefore, your request is being administratively closed. For a further explanation of this exemption, see the enclosed FBI/DOJ Explanation of Exemptions.
Please refer to the enclosed FBI FOIPA Addendum for additional standard responses applicable to your
request. "Part 1" of the Addendum includes standard responses that apply to all requests. "Part 2" includes additional standard responses that apply to all requests for records about yourself or any third-party individuals. "Parl 3" includes general information about FBI records that you may find useful. Enclosed for your information is a copy of the FBI/DOJ Explanation of Exemptions.

@566unicorns.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 6:26 AM

This question, yes. But so much more in this rich and wide-ranging conversation with #FOIA master, @jasonleopold.bsky.social.

@touaregtweet.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 6:00 AM

2/2

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-08-31/ghislaine-maxwell-s-prison-transfer-form-released #journalism #media #JasonLeopold #FOIA #Trump #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #GhislaineMaxwell #DOJ #CoverUp

@peer.org Oct 1, 2026, 2:10 PM

Federal officials can wrongfully withhold public records—but who holds them accountable? PEER found that the Office of Special Counsel has never used its authority to pursue discipline for FOIA violations since 1979. That needs to change.

https://ow.ly/z6TK50ZTuG1

#FOIA #GovernmentTransparency

@dannykpolitics.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:24 AM

NEW: Judge orders Trump administration to produce secret legal memo on boat strikes

Engelmayer rejected DOJ privilege claims; Pentagon treated OLC memo as working law. In-camera review by Oct. 14; 234 killed.

🟣🗞️ #BoatStrikes #Pentagon #DOJ #FOIA #Caribbean

@kill-bait.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:06 AM

Federal Judge Orders Trump DOJ to Expedite Release of Epstein Files Following Legal Victory

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

#epstein #foia

👇👇👇

@joshgerstein.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:08 PM

It's September 30, end of the federal government's fiscal year. Happy #FOIA day to all who celebrate. Let's make those numbers, #FOIA officers!

@opengovva.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 12:51 PM

VCOG All Access News, 9/30/26: chaotic meeting; draft lease released; the transparency committee that wasn't #FOIA
opengovva.org/transparency...

@opengovva.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 12:47 PM

VCOG All Access News, 9/29/26: data investigation but no records; community supports request; JMU plans; ALPR map #FOIA
opengovva.org/transparency...

@propertyofthepeople.org Sep 28, 2026, 5:33 PM

German pickup of our latest by @tagesspiegel.de: FBI issued a thinly-sourced security alert warning "a small group of women" might be creating fake "tradwife" dating profiles to ensnare & embarrass ICE agents, as revealed in intel documents we obtained. #FOIA www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

@opengovva.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 12:57 PM

VCOG All Access News, 9/28/26: still photos, no video; two salaries; standards committee; AI & redaction #FOIA
opengovva.org/transparency...

@cbarbermd.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 11:14 PM

— 3.5 million pages, case closed."
A federal judge has decided otherwise. This isn't over. Don't let it get buried.
meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #TrumpCorruption #DOJ #EpsteinFilesTransparencyAct #Accountability #RuleOfLaw #EmmetSullivan #FOIA #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky

@vmyths.bsky.social Sep 27, 2026, 1:35 PM

I'm a longtime #FOIA exploiter and I approve this message

@christinaayiotis.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 9:46 PM

“The Department of Homeland Security will use #AI to ‘streamline the identification and redaction of sensitive content’ when responding to #FOIA requests” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @washingtonpost.com

@uapdrop.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 2:39 PM

Two January 1976 nights near Cannon AFB reportedly saw disc UFOs outrun jets, trigger a flight-line blackout, and surface in a NORAD FOIA record; locals also recall a hunter firing at a silent, low-hovering object. #UFO #ClovisNM #FOIA

@mysteryplanet.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 3:34 AM

¿Seguridad nacional o control de daños? Los documentos obtenidos por FOIA exponen la estrategia del Pentágono para evitar a toda costa que la prensa hablara de «extraterrestres». #ovnis #uaps #marina #foia

Más info en 👇
mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/la-mari...

@opengovva.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 12:31 PM

VCOG All Access News, 9/25/26: the real negotiator; if you can't wait, go home; form filing date #FOIA
opengovva.org/transparency...