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Can't follow FOIA requests if there is no record of the conversation existing
by nightfly 2y ago
Can't follow FOIA requests if there is no record of the conversation existing
- hypeatei 2y agoI doubt FOIA is even a concern considering this is classified information. I think they're more worried about investigations by a future DOJ or by a future Congress since they can look at this information (if it's not deleted, that is)
- mpalmer 2y agoFOIA requests can be made against formerly-classified information. But it's beside the point; any(?) non-classified information/communiques in government are subject to FOIA. Plenty of non-classified info in that chat and the ones we still aren't privy to.
- zzrrt 2y agoI think the idea is they would configure Signal to delete messages after a few weeks, which bypasses FOIA because the records may not exist by the time someone requests them.
- iAMkenough 2y agoDoesn't "bypass" FOIA, it violates it. Even if the app is configured to do it for them automatically, they're actively deleting public records and violating the law by doing so.
- chipsa 2y agoNot all unclassified can be FOIA’d. There are exemptions to FOIA, that aren’t “it’s classified “. And there are things that aren’t “records” according to DoD records management regulations, and so would not be FOIAble, because they wouldn’t be a record to get.
- nkozyra 2y ago> I doubt FOIA is even a concern considering this is classified information A bit of a conundrum then since multiple folks in the admin said it wasn't classified.