by John A. Jenkins | Feb 12, 2025 | DOD, FOIA, News Media, SEC, Stock Market
FOIAengine: Homeland Security Report, Media Requests Highlight the Issue When a deepfake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon caused investor panic in 2023, the hysteria caught authorities off guard and stymied investigators. The photo spread like a contagion...
by John A. Jenkins | Nov 26, 2024 | Corporate Investigators, FOIA, Hedge Funds, Law Firms, Litigation, News Media, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: Requests Signaled Trouble for Guatam Adani Guatam Adani, India’s most powerful tycoon and a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, knows what it’s like to stare death in the face and survive. Danger has a knack for finding him. But each time – a...
by John A. Jenkins | Sep 11, 2024 | FDA, FOIA, FTC, SEC
FOIAengine Explores the Widespread Use of “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” By John A. Jenkins We’re taking a look this week at a frequently used Freedom of Information Act exemption that isn’t mentioned anywhere in the statutory language. It’s known as “Glomar” among the...
by John A. Jenkins | Sep 4, 2024 | FOIA, Politics, SEC
FOIAengine: DNC’s Five Requests Also Target Nominee’s Venture Capital Partners Caroline Graham is the Democratic National Committee’s research director, a $144,000-a-year job that puts her on the front line of gathering dirt on the Republican vice-presidential...
by John A. Jenkins | Aug 14, 2024 | FOIA, Litigation, News Media, SEC, Short-Selling
FOIAengine: How the “Bounty Hunter of Wall Street” Hedged His Bets As a young man, Andrew Left was a “real serious kid” – and very religious. He wanted to be a rabbi. But then, in his telling, Left saw a newspaper ad that said, “Earn $100,000.” “I thought, ‘Yeah,...
by John A. Jenkins | Jul 17, 2024 | FOIA, Law Firms, SEC, Stock Market
The American Securities Association Uses a FOIA Lawsuit to Advance Its Agenda Two months ago, the two Republican members of the Securities and Exchange Commission blasted their own agency for what they called a meritless prosecution of stock exchanges. In a blunt...
