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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by zbyte64 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:12PM (#13476688)
Devil's advocate: The public can still get the research data through a FOIA request.
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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by elastic_church on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:15PM (#13476706)
Meta devil's advocate: you might be surprised how often an agency "can't find" or otherwise denies a FOIA request

Check out Government Accountability Office reports.

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Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit by travmatt on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:12AM (#13481975)
I like how the CIA says 'go fuck yourself' when they send back pages of completely blacked out text in response to FOIA requests.
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