FOIANate
@foianate.bsky.social
FOIA Director at Washington Post. Lawyer. Fellow at @NSArchive. Author of Revealing Records column. Wrote book on 1983 Able Archer Nuclear War Scare.
Free link: wapo.st/4hUdZUA
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 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Free link: wapo.st/4hUdZUA
Reposted by FOIANate
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
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.
Reposted by FOIANate
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...
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.
ethicsandjournalism.org
April 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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...
ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/04/11/a...