FOIAengine: How the Project 2025 Personnel Database Gets Built
As the presidential election nears, we’ve been tracking the opposition-research strategies of both major parties. Last week, we examined recent Freedom...
FOIAengine: Latest Requests About Vance Target More Companies
The Democratic National Committee’s latest Freedom of Information Act requests reveal an expanded effort to dig up details about possible federal investigations...
FOIAengine Explores the Widespread Use of “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”
By John A. Jenkins
We’re taking a look this week at a frequently used Freedom of Information Act exemption that isn’t...
FOIAengine: DNC’s Five Requests Also Target Nominee’s Venture Capital Partners
Caroline Graham is the Democratic National Committee’s research director, a $144,000-a-year job that puts her on the front line of...
FOIAengine: How the “Bounty Hunter of Wall Street” Hedged His Bets
As a young man, Andrew Left was a “real serious kid” – and very religious.
He wanted to be a...
FOIA Requests Target Scott Sheffield, King of the Frackers, Amid Reports of a Criminal Referral
This week, we’re looking into how antitrust enforcers used their approval of an oil-industry megadeal...
