Robert Scheer Talks With Journalist Jason Leopold About the Power of the FOIA (Audio)
A reporter for Vice News, Leopold spent years using the Freedom of Information Act to sue the U.S. government to obtain documents he believes Americans are entitled to know about, leading some in the government to brand him a “FOIA terrorist.”
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