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Friday, March 14, 2008 - Posts

Texas sheriff says he'll jail reporters if they keep interfering in his business

Sheriff Santiago Barrera Jr. in Duval County, Texas, said he would jail reporters if they kept "interfering" in his business. Apparently the sheriff was angry that a journalist wrote about his son's arrest of public intoxication and resisting arrest.

Study: Some FOIA requests more than 15 years old

A study by The Hill shows that some FOIA requests have yet to be fulfilled more than 15 years after they were first submitted (see story). No surprises there. In the past some requests have been unfulfilled for more than 20 years. Fortunately, the median