@WyattGilletteSo einfach ist es dann auch wieder nicht mit Auskunftsersuchen unter Hinweis auf den FOIA. Es bestehen eine Reihe von Ausnahmen, insbesondere dann, wenn die "nationale Sicherheit" betroffen ist; und das ist bei "black projects" regelmäßig der Fall.
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FOIA exemptions:
Records (or portions of records) will be disclosed unless that disclosure harms an interest protected by a FOIA exemption. The nine FOIA exemptions are cited in the Act as 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1) through (b)(9):
• (b)(1)—records currently and properly classified in the interest of national security;
• (b)(2)—records related solely to internal personnel rules and practices, which if released would allow circumvention of an agency function;
• (b)(3)—records protected by another law that specifically exempts the information from public release;
• (b)(4)—trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a private source which would cause substantial competitive harm to the source if disclosed;
• (b)(5)—internal records that are deliberative in nature and are part of the decision making process that contain opinions and recommendations;
• (b)(6)—records which if released, would result in a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
• (b)(7)—investigatory records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes;
• (b)(8)—records for the use of any agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; and
• (b)(9)—records containing geological and geophysical information (including maps) concerning wells.
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