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FOIA News: Here's the Time the EPA Used Duct Tape to Redact a FOIA Request

Here's the Time the EPA Used Duct Tape to Redact a FOIA Request

By CJ Ciaramella, Reason, Feb. 16, 2018

I've seen a lot of weird Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) redactions. I've seen redacted complaints about Amtrak snack cars and the CIA cafeteria. I've seen pictures of FBI retirement parties where all the faces were replaced by blank squares, resulting in an oddly artistic tableau.

But duct tape is a new one.

Chris Horner, a longtime FOIA requester and litigator, tweeted out pictures today of a set of emails he received from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) back in 2015.

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