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Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 by mratzloff on Sunday October 21, 2018 @10:02AM (#18267995)
> I have never assumed that an email address I gave the government would be protected. I would also not assume that the contents of any email I sent would be in any way protected either.

That's because you're not corresponding with case officers and police officers.

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Re:The City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32M Emails for $40 by kasey_junk on Sunday October 21, 2018 @04:11PM (#18269906)
Note that human services & the police dept. did not respond. Likely because they are exempt from foia requests.
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