San Diego Refuses To Answer FOIA Requests About Drones

Re:San Diego Refuses To Answer FOIA Requests About Drones by asynchronous13 on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @07:28PM (#4812113)

Unless there's missing information, this sounds like a non-story. It seems like the San Diego PD looked at a quote that was sent to a different police department and never bought anything. They didn't respond to the FOIA request because they hadn't bought anything. Am I missing something?

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Re:San Diego Refuses To Answer FOIA Requests About Drones by morisy on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @10:05PM (#4812566)

We asked them for any documents related to drone purchasing plans, drone guidance, internal reports on usage, etc. That they decided not to go through with a purchase is irrelevant in this case: They flatly stated they had nothing, which was, at best, inaccurate.

Public records laws are of little use if the government can lie or mislead without oversight or repercussion.

Hope that makes sense!

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Re:San Diego Refuses To Answer FOIA Requests About Drones by krichman on Tuesday November 20, 2012 @09:52PM (#4812531)

I think you are missing out on the furor over US police thinking they are a military organization operating in hostile territory.

Edit: this was hyperbole, but I think this is the slippery slope people are objecting to.

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