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

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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