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FOIA Director at Washington Post. Lawyer. Fellow at @NSArchive. Author of Revealing Records column. Wrote book on 1983 Able Archer Nuclear War Scare.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Analysis | State Department erases 15 pages of nuclear history — with no warning
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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atomicanalyst.bsky.social
According to author @foianate.bsky.social, the State Department told him in July it had deleted the documents after he used the Freedom of Information Act (and then sued the CIA) to obtain a copy of a one key record that had been transcribed but not reproduced in the 2021 FRUS volume.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
foianate.bsky.social
sure thing!
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Analysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear war
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
Fine, harrowing work by Jessica Contrera, Jenn Abelson, @jdharden.bsky.social, Carolyn Van Houten, @byhayden.bsky.social, @foianate.bsky.social and Lynda Robinson

ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/04/11/a...
Announcing the Inaugural Awardees of the Collier Awards for Ethics in Journalism - Ethics and Journalism
We are honored to recognize these extraordinary journalists and grateful for the opportunity to celebrate with them in New York City this week.
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April 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
foianate.bsky.social
Hah! Thank you!
April 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
foianate.bsky.social
Ty. Tried my dardnest to meet him but never could.
March 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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jacobbogage.bsky.social
Through FOIA (cc @foianate.bsky.social), I obtained the IRS memo to the Trump transition team that warned the administration this exact thing would happen if it tore up the IRS.

And now it is happening.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Aggressive reductions to budget and personnel capacity risk backlogs, delays, reduced receipts, and diminished capacity to build next generation digital capabilities,” according to a January presentation given by tax officials to the incoming Trump administration’s Treasury Department team. The presentation — a 68-slide deck — included recommendations for how the Trump administration could gradually decrease IRS staff numbers without disrupting tax administration. It called for digitizing tax-filing processes and automating the work of some employees in the customer service and compliance divisions. “The IRS is pursuing a vision of digitalization and automation which will increase the speed and quality of its processes while reducing the overall IRS footprint,” the presentation states. “In the past we have increased our staffing levels to improve taxpayer assistance, tax assessments, and collection processes. However, once modernized, our staffing footprint can be reduced while maintaining performance.”
March 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM