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Carolyn Komatsoulis

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College Cola Contract Crowdsource

The options you have at your college’s fountain machine are usually determined by a contract with one of the two big names in beverages: Coca-Cola or Pepsi.

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Ernie Pyle’s brief FBI file documents the Bureau’s often tempestuous relationship with the press

Ernie Pyle’s brief FBI file documents the Bureau’s often tempestuous relationship with the press

by Carolyn Komatsoulis
March 26, 2019

Ernie Pyle, the legendary journalist and war correspondent who died in Japan at the end of World War II, had a typically complicated relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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CIA archives capture Richard Nixon’s failed 1958 "goodwill" trip to Latin America

CIA archives capture Richard Nixon’s failed 1958 “goodwill” trip to Latin America

by Carolyn Komatsoulis
February 27, 2019

The Central Intelligence Archives document then-Vice President Richard Nixon’s disastrous 1958 “goodwill” tour to Latin America, in which Nixon faced multiple mobs of angry protestors - and at least one surprisingly heavy soccer ball.

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FBI’s predecessor once tried to keep the ACLU off the airwaves

FBI’s predecessor once tried to keep the ACLU off the airwaves

by Carolyn Komatsoulis, JPat Brown
October 18, 2018

When we last wrote about the Federal Bureau of Investigation file for former head of the American Civil Liberties Union Roger Baldwin, we looked at one of many instances in which Baldwin butted up against Director J. Edgar Hoover on the issue of balancing liberty and security. An earlier section of the file, however, reveals their relationship was relatively tame compared to that of Hoover’s predecessor, who once urged radio stations not to let the “ultra-radicals” at the ACLU broadcast the “rotten propaganda” that they weren’t on the Soviet payroll.

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The postcard that pitted the ACLU against the FBI

The postcard that pitted the ACLU against the FBI

by Carolyn Komatsoulis, JPat Brown
October 11, 2018

The recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation file for former head of the American Civil Liberties Union Roger Baldwin document numerous times the groups came into conflict with each other. One notable incident, related to the Bureau’s wartime “Postal Censorship” program, led to a testy exchange between Baldwin and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover after the Bureau investigated the writer and pioneering Libertarian Rose Wilder Lane over her comments on a postcard.

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MuckRock's Dog or Hot Dog Challenge

MuckRock’s Dog or Hot Dog Challenge

by Carolyn Komatsoulis
September 24, 2018

It’s dog week here at MuckRock, and we’re kicking things off with a challenge to you, dear reader. We requested photos of mayors in major cities around the country with either dogs, or with hot dogs. Now it’s up to you to guess - are these mayors hanging with Shih tzus or sausages?

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Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
FBI Request - Stephen Hillenburg No Responsive Documents Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
FBI Request - Ernie Pyle Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
FBI Request - James "Whitey" Bulger Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
FBI Request - Paul Allen Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
Laura Ingalls Wilder No Responsive Documents Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America

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Title Status Agency Jurisdiction
Dogs (Chicago Mayor's Office) Completed Mayor's Office Chicago, IL
Pepsi and Coke (Oklahoma State University) Completed Oklahoma State University Oklahoma
Mascots Completed Maryland Department of Education Maryland
NCLB studies Completed U.S. Department of Education United States of America
Pepsi and Coke (Michigan State University) Completed Michigan State University Michigan

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