FOIA 5 USC 552(c) exempts information from disclosure. For some national security (nuclear weapons – 91b radioactive material) & law enforcement content, the agency can legally lie to you about its nonexistence, 5 USC 552(c) – on top of Glomar (“can’t confirm or deny”) responses. To avoid both of these scenarios, exclusions authorize the agency to “treat the records as not subject to [Read More…]
The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Air Force were aware of the contamination at the former George Air Force Base, CA, for decades before the base was closed on December 15, 1992. The DoD and Air Force failed to remediate the contamination, prevent exposure, or notify the Air Force personnel of their possible exposure to hazardous, toxic, and/or radioactive materials that were improperly stored, disposed of, or released. These acts rise to the level of intentional exposure, triggering the declassification review provision outlined in the DECLASSIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS OF EXPOSURE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title VII, §737, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1445. [Read More…]
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