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Re: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice

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Post by patdennis »

lwat wrote: post #22
patdennis wrote: post #16

Well that's nice. I'm glad they stand for freedom of information. There's nothing here I couldn't have gotten with a simple Freedom of Information Act request. But I guess sending them a letter requesting the information isn't dramatic enough for Anon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(Uni...

I'm not convinced you can get a TB of internal emails via a simple FOIA request.

I've done it. They'll put it on CDs or DVDs for you if you want, or work something else out if its more convenient. I've even hard cartloads of documents printed out for me. You have to pay for the printing, which gets expensive, but they'll do it. They have to.

Re: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice

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Post by patdennis »

Lednakashim wrote: post #21
patdennis wrote: post #16

Well that's nice. I'm glad they stand for freedom of information. There's nothing here I couldn't have gotten with a simple Freedom of Information Act request. But I guess sending them a letter requesting the information isn't dramatic enough for Anon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(Uni...

maybe the data came from a reply?

It wouldn't be difficult to find out. You can FOIA all the recent FOIAs.

Re: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice

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Post by lwat »

patdennis wrote: post #31
lwat wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not convinced you can get a TB of internal emails via a simple FOIA request.

I've done it. They'll put it on CDs or DVDs for you if you want, or work something else out if its more convenient. I've even hard cartloads of documents printed out for me. You have to pay for the printing, which gets expensive, but they'll do it. They have to.

Yes but can you request 'all internal emails for the last 3 months' or something as broad as that?

Re: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice

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Post by patdennis »

lwat wrote: post #33
patdennis wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've done it. They'll put it on CDs or DVDs for you if you want, or work something else out if its more convenient. I've even hard cartloads of documents printed out for me. You have to pay for the printing, which gets expensive, but they'll do it. They have to.

Yes but can you request 'all internal emails for the last 3 months' or something as broad as that?

You can request anything. They're all public records. Granted, they'll call you and try to whittle you down. If its especially burdensome they'll charge you for the man hours it takes to compile all of the information.

If someone who ran a government office runs for elected office, chances are the opposing candidate will hire someone like me, and chances are I'll request all of the office's records for review. Thats how we find things like this. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_christie_exce...

The relevant passage: The travel records date to when he was sworn in as U.S. attorney in 2002. They were obtained this week by the campaign of Christie's Democratic opponent, Gov. Jon Corzine, under the Freedom of Information Act.

Re: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of data and email from the U.S. Bureau of Justice

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Post by justncase80 »

driverdan wrote: post #27
dkokelley wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have no knowledge of Anon being anti-vaccine. If I were to formulate a hypothesis, I would imagine that they view 'vaccines' as synonymous with big health . So, "the big healthcare mafia is selling us 99-percenters vaccines at a huge markup, profiteering from their proprietary knowledge, state-protected monopoly, and our dependency." Then again, Anonymous doesn't exactly have a unified message. It's possible that t…

The funny part about your comment is that vaccines are one of the least profitable things pharma sells.

It's all about the viagra.
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