Arizona Daily Star
July 23, 2010
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News that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s office allowed political appointees to review hundreds of public records requests is shameful. Political considerations have no place in the government’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.
Of all people, Napolitano, a lawyer, former U.S. attorney, Arizona attorney general and governor, should know that.
An Associated Press investigation found that requests for information and documents that were flagged as being politically sensitive – not sensitive for national security reasons, but politically sensitive – were scrutinized by eight appointees for “awareness purposes.”
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