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I filed a FOI request to the UK Ministry of Defence for a classified report in my field. About a month later they gave me a copy. The only redactions were names
by btrettel 8y ago
I filed a FOI request to the UK Ministry of Defence for a classified report in my field. About a month later they gave me a copy. The only redactions were names of various researchers, including the names of the authors of the report that I requested. The odd part was that I already knew the authors' names and gave them in the request in the first place. Must have been some policy that is followed regardless of whether it makes sense.
- jrootabega 8y agoWhat if you knew the names of some of them but took a guess at the rest? Including the names would confirm your guess.
- taneq 8y agoGood point, the same way if someone phones you out of the blue and asks you to confirm your name and date of birth (or other personally identifiable information), you don't tell them anything.
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