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To be clear, I am not saying "This FOIA request is bad because I don't like the people filing them." I agree transparency is good, and I in fact think it should
by geofft 5y ago
To be clear, I am not saying "This FOIA request is bad because I don't like the people filing them." I agree transparency is good, and I in fact think it should be the default, no FOIA necessary, including and perhaps especially for things like medical approvals. That means the assumption of it being made public should be built in at every step of the process, including notes of patient trials.
I am simply responding to the comment above that asks, who are the people who are requesting the information, and what is their agenda. That is also a very important thing to know for a vibrant public discourse.
- colpabar 5y agoFair enough; thanks for elaborating. I just can't help but think that pfizer did this on purpose - not making redacted versions of their data, knowing it would take the FDA forever to do that if it ever got FOIA'd.