FOIAengine: Was the FTC Involved in Operation “Arctic Frost”? The conservative Heritage Foundation continues to flood federal agencies with Freedom of Information Act requests seeking detailed records about the machinations of the departed Biden administration. ...
How Capitol Forum Sweeps Up FOIA Data
FOIAengine: The Investigative Outlet Gets Active at the FDA Capitol Forum may be one of the more under-the-radar journalistic enterprises in Washington, but recently it was easily the most active when it came to filing FOIA requests with the Food and Drug...
The Big Short Goes Long
FOIAengine: “Cassandra Unchained” Plays to Fear and Greed Michael Burry, the reclusive contrarian who foresaw the 2007 subprime collapse and became the reluctant hero of The Big Short, has walked away from professional money management for the second — and perhaps...
MMTLP Investors Question SEC’s FOIA Denials
FOIAengine: SEC’s$2.5 Billion Outsourcing Contract Explained The Securities and Exchange Commission, which signed a staffing contract potentially worth $2.5 billion with a Texas-based Alaska Native corporation, appears to have relied heavily on the outside contractor...
Crypto Pardon Doesn’t End Troubles for Zhao, Binance
FOIAengine: Tort Lawyers, Watchdogs Continue the Fight The October 21 presidential pardon that wiped away Changpeng Zhao’s criminal history may have erased the felony conviction of the Binance founder, but it hasn’t freed his empire – or quieted the controversy. ...
FOIA Requests Presaged Trouble for Trump Nemesis Bolton
FOIAengine: A Paper Trail of Forewarnings When the Justice Department unsealed its indictment of John R. Bolton two weeks ago, it wasn’t the first time his name had surfaced in government files. Long before prosecutors accused the former national security adviser and...






