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I'll be requesting a copy by FOIA... will post on my blog whenever it comes :)

• pavel_lishin 15y ago
  Could you ask the journalist in question to forward you the entire e-mail as well?
  • tsaoutourpants 15y ago
    He doesn't want to ruin his relationship with the source by doing so, but again, it should be a public record releasable under FOIA
    • Nate75Sanders 15y ago
      How long does an FOIA request of that sort usually take? If there are multiple steps, could you give us a timeline?
      • TimGebhardt 15y ago
        Probably depends on the request. I got a pretty quick turnaround (or at least it exceeded my expectations) on my request to the FBI for whatever they knew about my grandfather: About 3 weeks. Sidenote: if you're interested in doing the same just go to http://www.getgrandpasfbifile.com/ http://www.getgrandpasfbifile.com/
    • tsaoutourpants 15y ago
      It's supposed to take a month. But, the TSA ignored my last FOIA request, so I had to sue them for it.
      • ShabbyDoo 15y ago
        Wow. That in itself is a great story which should be heard.
      • tsaoutourpants 15y ago
        Thank you, story is on the blog, including this post: http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/confirmed-tsa-declares-checkpoint-tapes-ssi/ http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/confirmed-t...
    • pavel_lishin 15y ago
      Is this the same source that's threatening him? Also, I wouldn't be surprised if the email server suddenly lost a bunch of emails the day before the FOIA request went through.
    • samstave 15y ago
      What kind of relationship does he have with a TSA agent who is mildly threatening him or intimidating him at least?
      • einhverfr 15y ago
        The TSA as a journalistic source?
• Newgy 15y ago
  Thank you for your brave work on this issue, you are a true patriot. "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." -- Samuel Adams, Founding Father
  • cafard 15y ago
    Was the expression "brush fire" current in the late 1700s? In fact, the whole sentence looks a little questionable.
    • dpcx 15y ago
      Not really... http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=brush+fire&year_start=1700&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=brush+fire&... As well as http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams#Misattributed http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams#Misattributed
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  • doug1001 15y ago
    sure but this only applies to a citizen's inalienable right to make beer (and seasonal ales).
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