Govt. Takes 16 Years to Reply to Public Record Request, Thanks JW for “Continued Patience”

In a brazen failure to comply with a public records law enacted to keep government accountable, a federal agency waited 16 years to respond to a Judicial Watch request for information related to a controversial intelligence operation. Back in 2005 Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Defense (DOD) for records related to Able Danger, a secret military unit led by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the 2001 attacks. The request also asks for U.S. intelligence, law enforcement and/or counterterrorism projects utilizing data mining software techniques to search open-source records in the public domain.

Exclusive: Judicial Watch Uncovers Dirty Voter Rolls, Fights for Election Integrity

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In November, Judicial Watch’s election integrity team sent letters to officials in five states warning of apparent serious violations of the National Voter Registration Act. The NVRA is a critical election integrity measure that directs the states to make “a reasonable effort” to remove from voting rolls “the names of ineligible voters” who have been disqualified from voting due to death or failure to provide notification of change of residence.

New Election Law Court Battle

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Judicial Watch is fighting the Maryland state legislature’s attempts to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts. Representing voters in all eight of the state’s districts, Judicial Watch’s most recent election integrity fight is about protecting the voting rights of all Americans, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton states. “While politics and redistricting go hand in hand,” Fitton argues, “the question is do they do that within reason, or do politicians abuse their power?”

Judicial Watch Sues State Department for Records about Afghanistan Payments and Censorship

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Judicial Watch announced recently that it filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Department of State for records about the censorship of government reports about US tax dollars spent on military support and equipment for Afghanistan, as well as records about payments to Afghanistan’s Government and/or any member of the Taliban related to the U.S. departure from Afghanistan.