FBI, PRM discuss Davidov FOIA request

14 April 2013

During the course of his lifetime, Twin Cities-based peace activist Marv Davidov had been the subject of ongoing scrutiny by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Court documents housed at the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) show that the FBI had surveilled Davidov over the course of multiple years when he was active with the now-defunct [...]

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CMS document cache #3 released by HHS

14 April 2013

On March 28, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released 837 pages of documents in response to a FOIA lawsuit that PRM filed in federal court late last year. The documents relate to the 2011 renewal of Minnesota’s Medicaid waiver, as well as to correspondence between Minnesota State Senator John Marty, [...]

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OLC responds to FOIA request about NDAA memos

14 April 2013

On March 29, 2013, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) responded to our April 23, 2012 FOIA request seeking legal memos regarding the Obama administration’s interpretation of its powers under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Sections of the 2012 NDAA contain military detention provisions that have raised controversy and questions about their scope [...]

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CMS document cache #2: Responding to Senator Marty’s office

04 March 2013

On February 27, Public Record Media (PRM) received a second cache of documents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to PRM’s ongoing FOIA litigation. The second document cache contains 1171 pages of records. HHS produced an initial cache of 229 documents on January 22. PRM filed its FOIA request [...]

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