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Texas wants over a million dollars for records regarding sexual assault in prisons

Texas wants over a million dollars for records regarding sexual assault in prisons

by Nathanael King
August 18, 2017

Our request for investigations of sexual assault in Texas correctional facilities since 2013 returned a price tag of $1,132,024.30 from the Department of Criminal Justice, which says there are more than 260,000 pages of responsive documents that would require more than 61,000 hours to process.

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In the wake of 9/11, FBI received dozens of tips reporting "suspiciously happy Middle Easterners"

In the wake of 9/11, FBI received dozens of tips reporting “suspiciously happy Middle Easterners”

by Nathanael King
August 11, 2017

Documents released to Donald Triplett III contain more than 70 tips from citizens reporting supposed “Muslim celebrations” of the September 11th terrorist attacks to at least six FBI field offices in the days following. Some of these dubious “leads” included “happy Middle Easterners laughing over coffee” the day before, a man expressing fear of anti-Muslim reprisals, and a table at TGI Friday’s that just split some appetizers.

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The FBI can’t decide what it has on the Tor Project

The FBI can’t decide what it has on the Tor Project

by Nathanael King
July 24, 2017

Three MuckRock users filed FOIA requests from 2013 to 2015 for FBI files on The Tor Project, Inc., the developer of Tor. The software enables (in theory) untraceable access to both the regular internet and a network of websites inaccessible through other browsers, commonly called the “dark web.” Each request returned radically different sets of records, most predating the first request, and all linked only by their lack of substantial information.

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FBI investigated Ayn Rand superfan who saw himself as the heir apparent to her Objectivist philosophy

FBI investigated Ayn Rand superfan who saw himself as the heir apparent to her Objectivist philosophy

by Nathanael King
June 16, 2017

Ayn Rand had a competitor for status as the most dizzyingly incoherent and morally questionable writer of the 20th century: her stalker. FBI files released to Emma Best show that the unnamed man sent Rand dozens of mommy issue-riddled letters over the course of the late ’60s, some making threats on her life.

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Child Slaves on Mars Completed National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States of America
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Cord Meyer, Jr. Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America
Church Universal and Triumphant Completed Federal Bureau of Investigation United States of America

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