Three provinces have passed laws that make it easier for governments to withhold, delay or dismiss requests for public records — and Ottawa may be next.
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A lack of transparency at both the federal and state level is making it increasingly difficult for journalists and citizens to hold government to account.
After years of anecdotes, data provides a fuller picture of government agencies hiding their work from the public they ostensibly serve.
The UK needed workers, but government documents reveal British subjects in the Caribbean were still actively discouraged from entering the country
Spy cases are rare. More typically, as in the Trump indictment, the act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of certain sensitive government information.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
The US has an overclassification problem, which includes classifying documents about Santa Claus.
Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
Julian Assange’s indictment under the Espionage Act, a sweeping law with heavy penalties for unauthorized receiving or disclosing of classified information, poses a threat to press freedom.
Government produces millions of pages of records every day: studies, reports, memos, emails, budgets and more. These reports belong to the public, but increasingly, lawmakers are trying to hide them.
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Assistant Professor in Black British Literature, Durham University
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Doctor of Law Candidate, University of Manitoba
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Professor of the Practice of Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Oregon
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg