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I'm pretty sure they already thought about it. By the way, the FOIA process certainly has a cost which needs to be optimized out...
by ale42 2y ago
I'm pretty sure they already thought about it. By the way, the FOIA process certainly has a cost which needs to be optimized out...
- Kapura 2y agoWhat are you suggesting?
- jancsika 2y ago> By the way, the FOIA process certainly has a cost which needs to be optimized out... Meaning 1: Republicans might very well try to get rid of a democratic check on power under the cover of "reducing waste" and that is bad and I don't want it to happen. Meaning 2: I believe the government works essentially like a compiler and therefore optimizing out anything in the name of efficiency is actually a "good thing." I can't follow the "be generous" rule of HN because I cannot tell from your comment which one you mean. Could you clarify? Edit: maybe more important-- I'm not sure which interpretation HN would take to be generous here.
- mnkv 2y agoI think it's pretty obvious it's 1. Given the recent huge, clearly politically-motivated cuts from the current administration, it feels pretty likely that FOIA could be disrupted under the guise of "cost-saving". And I think you're supposed to be generous to the commenter, not the current administration ;)
- ale42 2y agoIt was meaning 1, although I understand it was possibly not totally obvious after re-reading my comment.
- techright75 2y ago[flagged]
- ale42 2y agoI'm not far left, not even close...
- qingcharles 2y agoYou're not paranoid if you're right.
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- mmooss 2y agoIt's already happening. At least in one agency I read about, they fired the people who respond to FOIA requests.