Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Hawaii

Freedom of information act

Under this act, can I request the minutes from briefings on water boarding now that only some of the papers have been released. Now that Speaker Pelosi has commented on it. is it in the public domain? what would it take to get these papers?


Asked on 4/27/09, 8:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

Re: Freedom of information act

You can request whatever you want, but FOIA does not entitle you to classified information. You may get some documents in response to your request, but any classified information they contain will have been redacted.

Comments made by government officials about documents do not declassify the secrets those documents contain. This is especially true of comments made by officials -- including the Speaker -- who lack the authority to classify or declassify any information.

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Answered on 4/27/09, 8:42 pm


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