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E-mails show fed insiders had warned of political 'meddling'

By By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON ? Insiders at the Homeland Security Department warned for months that senior Obama administration appointees were improperly delaying the releases of government files on politically sensitive topics as sought by citizens, journalists and watchdog groups under the Freedom of Information Act, according to uncensored e-mails newly obtained by the Associated Press. The highly unusual political vetting was described as "meddling," "crazy" and "bananas!" It is the subject of a congressional read more

Full post as published by First Amendment Center on March 27, 2011 (boomark / email).