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Justice Department redacts reasons for redacting policy on text message snooping

Posted on December 17, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

JPatBrown writes:

Last year, in response to a FOIA request from the ACLU regarding the Obama Administration’s policy regarding intercepting cell phone text messages, the Justice Department released 15 pages of documents – all of which had been completely redacted by b(7) and b(5) exemptions.

In response, MuckRock’s Michael Morisy requested the processing files for the case, which just came in earlier this week. Unsurprisingly, the documents are themselves heavily redacted, but the notes that were left in tell the fascinating story of FOIA officers who seem to be genuinely struggling with what – if anything – they could actually release.

Read more on Muckrock.com and view the redacted responses.

Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this one!

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