I have recently been filing a lot of Freedom of Information requests and so in this episode I talk about Tony Blair’s statements that the UK FOIA was one of his worst mistakes, before pointing people in the direction of the most interesting material released under FOIA in this country. I outline some of my recent requests and one surprising and pleasing success that is a spy culture exclusive – a list of all the films the US DOD has ever been involved with. I round off by making a call to action to you, the listeners, to get involved with this research and in using the Freedom of Information Act to contribute to the open sourcing of information.
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Sources:
Tony Blair interviewed by Andrew Marr
Newsnight piece on Tony Blair’s statements about FOIA
Table of Global Comparison of FOI laws
Iraq Inquiry Digest – Chris Ames’ website
US Navy documents on movie Battleship
US Air Force Entertainment Office