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The Ashcroft Memo

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John Ashcroft’s directive, issued a month after 9/11, reversed FOIA policy at federal departments and agencies. In place of a…
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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.

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