Invoking J. Edgar Hoover, DC Circ. Doubts FBI's FOIA Claims

By Bryan Koenig ( November 13, 2017, 5:58 PM EST) -- A D.C. Circuit panel showed little patience Monday for FBI assertions that the government adequately searched under the Freedom of Information Act for records of agents impersonating journalists, with one judge invoking his tenure with the U.S. Department of Justice and the time he found J. Edgar Hoover's files as indication that a determined effort can often turn up sought-after records....

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