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The Man Who Gets the Secrets

"FOIA terrorist" Jason Leopold talks about how he gets under the government's skin

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Jeff Stein
May 07, 2024
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Leopold at the scene of a crime (Ryan J. Reilly, American Journalism Review)

Jason Leopold, a senior reporter with Bloomberg News, has been getting under the skin of government bureaucracies for decades. His weapon: The Freedom of Information Act, enacted by Congress in the mid-1960s because the feds’ habit of burying embarrassing, or even illegal, acts…

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