The purpose is to enable government transparency, and since the taxpayers paid for that information to be gathered, they deserve to see what their government se

The purpose is to enable government transparency, and since the taxpayers paid for that information to be gathered, they deserve to see what their government servants did in their name. The Freedom of Information Act does not release any and all documents, there are plenty of privacy restrictions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)#Background http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(Uni...