Post by @freedomofpress@social.freedom.press

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press

2026-07-27 13:32 UTC

The Pentagon wants to block FOIA access to all “controlled unclassified information.” If successful, hundreds of millions of documents could be hidden from journalists and the public — potentially forever. Read more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds. https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/pentagon-tries-to-hide-unclassified-records-from-foia/

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@huntingdon@mstdn.social 2026-07-27 14:22

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press There's a reason govt information is not classified. The presumption is that the public should have access to it, regardless of whether it embarrasses an administration. That's called government, not dictatorship. But it's not what thin-skinned Trump and delicate snowflake Hegseth can tolerate.

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@pedrobizbikedu@mastodon.world 2026-07-27 15:57

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press @nek@hear-me.social It’s almost like they’re not proud of their war crimes.

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@gooba42@mastodon.social 2026-07-27 17:31

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press No. We already have a robust system to separate secrets from not-secrets, it's called classification. If it doesn't warrant classification, it's not a secret.

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@carl@chaos.social 2026-07-27 20:28

@freedomofpress@social.freedom.press this is exactly what the German government is trying right now with the IFG

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