Intellipedia Off-Limits: NSA’s FOIA About-Face And Its Impact On Transparency

After more than a decade of releasing documentation to The Black Vault from the Intellipedia system, the NSA has now seemingly changed their policy, and closed more than twenty cases filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) spanning the past nine years. This drastically cuts off the public’s right to request millions of pages of information from within that system, and quite possibly setting a dangerous precedent that could affect transparency and alter the way government agencies make decisions on how they process FOIA requests for years to come.

The NSA has begun issuing a GLOMAR response to all Freedom of Information Act requests relating to the internal Intellipedia system, ending years of limited transparency and potentially hindering public insight into the Intelligence Community’s operations and interests

This action could set a concerning precedent, potentially limiting future FOIA requests and impeding public access to government information

The new policy acts as an additional “exemption” not explicitly defined in the FOIA, suggesting government agencies could deny information requests based on internal decisions rather than established exemptions

The Black Vault, a long-time requester of Intellipedia entries, is not only appealing the denied requests but is also filing new requests seeking documentation to understand the policy change

Despite attempts to get a comment from the NSA’s public affairs and FOIA offices, no response or further clarification was provided by the publishing of this article

https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/intellipedia-now-off-limits-nsas-foia-about-face-and-its-impact-on-transparency/

"Chinese media only": Australian media banned from event with Victorian Premier Dan Andrews

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Former Trump Lawyer Describes ‘Stunning’ Prosecutorial Misconduct in Jack Smith’s Classified Docs Probe

President Trump’s former lawyer Tim Parlatore believes the former president’s defense team will claim prosecutorial misconduct in Jack Smith’s ongoing classified documents probe.

Special Counsel Jack Smith has been investigating Trump after he stored presidential records at Mar-a-Lago and whether the former president tried to obstruct the probe.

Tim Parlatore told CBS’s Catherine Herridge he was “stunned” by what he saw in the grand jury room by the conduct of the prosecutors.

“I witnessed a lot of misconduct,” Tim Parlatore told CBS’s Catherine Herridge Wednesday evening, explaining he went before the grand jury himself.

“I was really stunned by what I saw in the grand jury room by the conduct of the prosecutors,” Tim Parlatore said. “They made many attempts to try to get privileged communications. They would ask me about conversations with my client. They would make improper references to the jury to try and mislead them about that.”

He continued, “At one point it got to the level where they’re asking me this again and then would turn to the grand jury and say, ‘so you would refusing to provide this information!’ No, I’m not refusing to provide it. The ethical rules prohibit me even if the answer to this question is helpful, I’m not allowed to give it and I turned to the jury and said ‘and she knows it She knows that it is an improper question!'”

Trump’s former lawyer explained that the federal prosecutor “crossed a major red line” because implying guilt to a jury based on the “invocation of a Constitutional right is the kind of thing that if it happened in a trial court, the judge would have immediately stopped everything, probably declared a mistrial…and the attorney who willfully does that type of thing would potentially face discipline.”

On Wednesday John Solomon of Just The News reported Trump’s lawyers were told that Trump could be indicted as early as this week.

Trump later denied John Solomon’s report.

According to leaks to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, Jack Smith is pursuing possible indictments against Mar-a-Lago staffers, Trump or Trump aides in Florida!

Shocking news of a Florida grand jury was revealed this week through leaks to the media.

According to a leak to the Washington Post, if Trump is indicted, the bulk of the charges will be in South Florida.

Other process crimes such as false statements and perjury may be filed in Washington DC.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/former-trump-lawyer-describes-stunning-prosecutorial-misconduct-jack/

FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info, including journalists

The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, leaks reveal. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including Aaron Maté.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal.

In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine’s main intelligence agency. The accounts, the FBI wrote, “are suspected by the SBU in spreading fear and disinformation.” In an attached memo, the SBU asked Twitter to remove the accounts and hand over their user data.

The Ukrainian government’s FBI-enabled targets extend to members of the media. The SBU list that the FBI provided to Twitter included my name and Twitter profile. In its response to the FBI, Twitter agreed to review the accounts for “inauthenticity” but raised concerns about the inclusion of me and other “American and Canadian journalists.”

The FBI’s attempt to ban Twitter accounts at the request of Ukrainian intelligence is among the most overt requests for censorship revealed to date in the Twitter Files, a cache of leaked communications from the social media giant.

The FBI’s censorship request was relayed in a March 27th, 2022 email from FBI Special Agent Aleksandr Kobzanets, the Assistant Legal Attaché at the US Embassy in Kyiv, to two Twitter executives. Four FBI colleagues were copied on the exchange.

“Thank you very much for your time to discuss the assistance to Ukraine,” Kobzanets wrote. “I am including a list of accounts I received over a couple of weeks from the Security Service of Ukraine. These accounts are suspected by the SBU in spreading fear and disinformation. For your review and consideration.”

https://mate.substack.com/p/fbi-helps-ukraine-censor-twitter