Gov’t wielded security as a shield to deny the most FOIA requests yet under Obama

Associated Press: U.S. government censored files requested under Freedom of Information Act more often than at any time since Obama took office. Obama administration cited secrecy and national security most often, “at least 5,223 times,” despite promise of openness. DHS said it processed 205,895 requests and reduced backlog of pending requests from 42,371 to 28,553 in 2012. Homeland Security said it received most FOIA requests of any federal agency, “a record-setting 190,589 requests” Four agencies failed to release their 2012 FOIA reports to the public.”]

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