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32 organizations, including CJOG and several other journalism groups, sent a letter to Congress urging withdrawal of an amendment to…

32 organizations, including CJOG and several other journalism groups, sent a letter to Congress urging withdrawal of an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill that would exempt satellite imagery from FOIA. The bill with a satellite image provision was adopted but conferees modified the language to cover only images already exempted for national security reasons.

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