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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 3h

@ every law student

Gayton Gomez @gpgomez.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know who needs to hear this, but most of the time when you purport to be the "devil's advocate" in an argument, you're just being an asshole

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 16h

Just referred someone to a former DOJ opposing counsel who abandoned ship after Trump took office, so for those of you still in DOJ, if you do that your former opponents will remember it.

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 1d

I also have to imagine they're fucking opsec up at least enough to make it worth checking. Also working on a theory about requesting DNS resolutions logged in agency VPNs that indicate a lot of signal activity from particular devices that I need a test case for

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 1d

DHS and DOJ comms with this category of guy would actually be a pretty interesting and narrowly tailored FOIA project that none of the exemptions would protect

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 1d

Calling this a safety measure for "DoW personnel or property" is a particularly rich way to preface a threat

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Spooky action @ distance 🎃 @bmeson.lucyparsonslabs.com · 1d

Someone should tell the Pentagon: Disclosing CUI (a term made up by the government that has nothing to do with classification) is not against the law when government employees do it.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

Great to see Chicago news outlets and press orgs stand up against ICE's violent and unconstitutional rampage against journalists and protesters.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.

This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.

May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 2d

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He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 3d

"No amount of quick saves is too sus!"

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 5d

During Trump 1 ICE cut a fascist propaganda video using a track by an artist called Apasche whose rep I emailed and they had it down within the day. Reporting this stuff does actually work

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 5d

AI virginity discourse ironically absolutely fucked

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks so much to everyone who boosted this post, wow! We have gotten several inquiries but it's a big government with a lot of information to go after. If you're a journalist, analyst, advocate, blogger, YouTuber, or just want to gab about records drop us a line

Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 6d

Uncomfortably aware of this sort of thing, doing the best we can with the budget we have so far!

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

🫡 always love to meet a records pro in the wild

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Flattered but my basement is already cramped and the ceiling much too low for a boom mic

Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

A common issue at many agencies. If they looked anything like the competitive areas for State then almost certainly a haphazard mess. If you're in touch with the USDA union they might already have what you're looking for

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Andi! Fingers crossed cause I need to afford health insurance

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Tysm

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Max Rodriguez @max-e-rodriguez.bsky.social · 7d

So proud of my dear friend @kevinok.bsky.social for launching his practice today. Transparency has never been more important or more elusive. Knowledgeable and passionate public records attys like him and his partner are going to be fighting the good fight. Check them out! freeinformationgroup.com

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

This is America you can sue anyone for anything

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

"are you getting the Epstein Files?"

FOIA lawyers are experts in going after PDF files

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Bothering all my old NGO contacts like

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Elon told us to find more productive work in the private sector, so we did

Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

Today was my last day as a federal employee, but tomorrow I and my new partner, Ginger Quintero-McCall, open a new law practice, the Free Information Group. We are both FOIA lawyers, and we are very good at suing the government. 1/

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Kevin H Bell Esq @kevinok.bsky.social · 7d

If you want to sue the government, are thinking about filing a request, drafting an appeal, or have been waiting for a response for months and don't know what to do, give us a shout: freeinformationgroup.com

Free Information Group

Transparency is Non-Negotiable

freeinformationgroup.com

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