The Ashcroft Memo
John Ashcroft’s directive, issued a month after 9/11, reversed FOIA policy at federal departments and agencies. In place of a…
John Ashcroft’s directive, issued a month after 9/11, reversed FOIA policy at federal departments and agencies. In place of a “presumption of openness” standard, it offered support for any legal barrier to disclosure.
Read the full text of Ashcroft’s memo.