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Well that's nice. I'm glad they stand for freedom of information. There's nothing here I couldn't have gotten with a simple Freedom of Information Act request.

Well that's nice. I'm glad they stand for freedom of information. There's nothing here I couldn't have gotten with a simple Freedom of Information Act request. But I guess sending them a letter requesting the information isn't dramatic enough for Anon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(Uni...

Lednakashim 14y ago
maybe the data came from a reply?
- patdennis 14y ago
  It wouldn't be difficult to find out. You can FOIA all the recent FOIAs.
lwat 14y ago
I'm not convinced you can get a TB of internal emails via a simple FOIA request.
- driverdan 14y ago
  a TB != 1.7GB
- patdennis 14y ago
  I've done it. They'll put it on CDs or DVDs for you if you want, or work something else out if its more convenient. I've even hard cartloads of documents printed out for me. You have to pay for the printing, which gets expensive, but they'll do it. They have to.
  - lwat 14y ago
    Yes but can you request 'all internal emails for the last 3 months' or something as broad as that?
    - patdennis 14y ago
      You can request anything. They're all public records. Granted, they'll call you and try to whittle you down. If its especially burdensome they'll charge you for the man hours it takes to compile all of the information. If someone who ran a government office runs for elected office, chances are the opposing candidate will hire someone like me, and chances are I'll request all of the office's records for review. Thats how we find things like this. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_christie_exceeded_federa.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_christie_exce... The relevant passage: The travel records date to when he was sworn in as U.S. attorney in 2002. They were obtained this week by the campaign of Christie's Democratic opponent, Gov. Jon Corzine, under the Freedom of Information Act.

Lednakashim 14y ago

maybe the data came from a reply?

patdennis 14y ago
It wouldn't be difficult to find out. You can FOIA all the recent FOIAs.

lwat 14y ago

I'm not convinced you can get a TB of internal emails via a simple FOIA request.

driverdan 14y ago
a TB != 1.7GB
patdennis 14y ago
I've done it. They'll put it on CDs or DVDs for you if you want, or work something else out if its more convenient. I've even hard cartloads of documents printed out for me. You have to pay for the printing, which gets expensive, but they'll do it. They have to.
- lwat 14y ago
  Yes but can you request 'all internal emails for the last 3 months' or something as broad as that?
  - patdennis 14y ago
    You can request anything. They're all public records. Granted, they'll call you and try to whittle you down. If its especially burdensome they'll charge you for the man hours it takes to compile all of the information. If someone who ran a government office runs for elected office, chances are the opposing candidate will hire someone like me, and chances are I'll request all of the office's records for review. Thats how we find things like this. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_christie_exceeded_federa.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/chris_christie_exce... The relevant passage: The travel records date to when he was sworn in as U.S. attorney in 2002. They were obtained this week by the campaign of Christie's Democratic opponent, Gov. Jon Corzine, under the Freedom of Information Act.