Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Are we confused?
Not likely. But that is the rationale that the USACE used to deny FOIA requests from two separate individuals in the last few weeks. Here are the exact words:
Public confusion? Really? We know that’s just code-speak to justify non-transparency.
To add insult to injury, the identical letter (except for identifying information, of course) was sent in response to both FOIA requests by the same bureaucratic troglodyte at the Southwestern Division of the Corps up in Dallas.
One of the FOIAs has been appealed, accepted and sent off to the Secretary of the Army in DC for a determination. Note that the last appeal has languished in DC for nearly two years. We’re not hopeful about this one escaping the black hole of bureaucracy either.
Nope. There’s no confusion here.
