Admittedly buried in my story yesterday – “Justice Department Only Selectively Complies with Freedom of Information Act” – was the really big news: PJ Media has sued the Eric Holder run Justice Department under the Freedom of Information Act. Here is the complaint. Though I am happy to stand corrected, I believe this may mark a milestone – perhaps the first conservative new media litigation against a federal agency. PJ Media obviously takes the obligations under the Freedom of Information Act more seriously than does the Eric Holder Justice Department. In a world where new media like Pajamas will be at the forefront of information flow, new media also have a responsibility to compel government agencies to comply with the law when they break it, and the Justice Department has broken the law.
The lawsuit arises out of a nearly seven month outstanding request for information about new attorney hires since the inauguration. I discuss the details of the ignored FOIA request in the article linked above. It marks a sad exposure of the rank hypocrisy of the Most Transparent Administration in History.
It’s about time we did! For years now the new media have been doing the job the MSM refuses to do. Way to go PJM!
Patrick
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