FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact media@rcfp.org or (202) 795-9304 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and The Associated Press are asking the U.S. district court in Washington, D.C. to require the Justice Department and the FBI to comply with the Freedom of Information Act and release records regarding the FBI’s practice of impersonating […]
Reporters Committee prevails in effort to unseal Petraeus docs – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
A coalition of media organizations led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press prevailed today in an effort to unseal documents related to the sentencing of retired general David H. Petraeus, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In April, Petraeus pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of […]
Sunshine Week should turn up the heat – The Washington Times
This week is “Sunshine Week,” a nonprofit, nonpartisan national initiative launched by the American Society of News Editors to “promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.” What better time to focus on a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that allows the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to designate companies it deems “too big […]