John A. Jenkins

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Will the Feds Classify Marijuana as a “Safe” Drug?

In FOIAengine, Media Requests Seek the Answer When word leaked in late August that the Department of Health and Human Services recommended that marijuana should no longer be considered a dangerous drug,...

Savvy Social Media Causes Problems for the FDA

In FOIAengine, a Slew of Requests About Ivermectin Robert Califf headed up the Food and Drug Administration during the last year of the Obama Administration.  By the time Califf spun...

The Crook, the Tycoon, and the Short Seller

FOIAengine: LA’s Steven Sugarman Goes After Carson Block and Muddy Waters Jason Galanis is Inmate 80739-198, currently locked up in a federal prison in Montgomery, Alabama.   Galanis is a member...

Down the Rabbit Hole with Sam Bankman-Fried

FOIAengine:  As Trial Looms, a Private Investigator Pursues the SEC It’s been a tough couple of months for Sam Bankman-Fried.  He’s stewing in jail, facing 155 years in prison, while...

Republicans Playing the Oppo Game

FOIAengine Looks at Opposition Research on the Right In the shadowy world of political opposition research, sometimes the game looks like Spy vs. Spy.  That’s particularly true right now, in the run-up to...

The DNC Goes Fishing – What Will it Catch?

FOIAengine Examines Political Opposition Research A few weeks ago, Politico’s Florida Playbook ran a story revealing what “hundreds of people, groups, and journalists” in the state were asking for:  “texts, emails, calendars,...