Freedom of information, minus the information.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at windmills - Brief article

Has the Freedom of Information Act accomplished its purpose in making federal records available to the public? You don't need to have lived in Washington very long to know the answer to that one: "A review of 149 federal agencies," conducted by the nonprofit National Security Archive and reported by the Washington Post's Elizabeth Williamson, "found that only one in five posts on its website all the records required, and that even...