Promised to be 'most transparent administration ever' has been the opposite, Obama admin. rejected record number of FOIA requests, skyrockets use of 'national security' as excuse

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3/17/14, ""Most Transparent Administration Ever" Rejected Record Number Of FOIA Requests," Zero Hedge

"One upon a time everyone got a hearty chuckle when Obama declared, on the very first day of his ascension to the throne, that his administration would be the "most transparent in history." And if they didn't then, they certainly will now following news that it none other than Obama's own administration - made infamous for spying on everyone who uses electronic communication courtesy of one whistleblower - that it has refused a record number of Freedom of Information (don't laugh) requests on the basis of, drumroll, national security. So between the NSA, whose job is to ensure national security, and all those pesky meddlesome investigators, whose only curiosity is to peek behind the secrecy of the Obama administration, there should be precisely zero acts of terrorism on US soil. Like last year's Boston bombing for example. Oh wait..."...chart ap


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