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FOIA News: Pennsylvania treasure hunters sue the DOJ in Civil War gold case

FOIA News (2015-2023)Kevin SchmidtComment

Pennsylvania treasure hunters sue the DOJ in Civil War gold case

By Jason Nark, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 4, 2022

The Pennsylvania treasure hunters on a never-ending quest to find a legendary lost shipment of Civil War gold are suing the Feds for documents.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Dennis Parada, a longtime treasure hunter from Clearfield County, alleges that the FBI has failed to provide him with any records of the case of the Elk County gold, despite a FOIA request filed more than three years ago

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