15 August 1998 Freedom-of-expression advocates see the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as a bastion of open access, a democratic ideal to which other countries should aspire. The law gives the public the right to access copies of documents from federal government agencies, if the information does not fall within one of nine exemptions. Those include documents concerning “national […]
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