FOIA
SpaceX Asked FAA to Block Tracking of Elon Musk's Private Jet
The request asked for “FAA source blocking,” which is the most stringent type of flight-data blocking the FAA does.
Texas School Performs Worst-Ever Redaction of a Public Record
The impressively bad redaction was so bad we can only show you a minor detail of it and an artist’s rendition.
Mysterious 'Difficulties' Prevent Secretive Nuclear Lab From Releasing Records on First Known Interstellar Object to Land on Earth
Los Alamos National Laboratory has been beset with delays in its attempts to locate records that may relate to the suppression of information about the extrasolar visitation.
US Government Claims Release of Information on Chinese Mystery Seeds Would Compromise Years-Long Investigation
The USDA is still investigating the "Chinese mystery seeds," years after saying they were harmless, according to a Motherboard FOIA request.
Body Cam Footage Shows Meat Scion John R. Tyson Asleep in Stranger's Bed
Tyson was arrested in Fayetteville earlier this month after allegedly drunkenly entering a woman's house and falling asleep. Motherboard obtained video through a public-records request.
New York City Housing Authority Randomly Sends Tenant’s Private Financial Data to Reporter
NYCHA asked Motherboard to “please ignore and delete” the sensitive records it had sent, which no one had asked for.
Uvalde School District Claims It Doesn't Possess Video Taken Day of School Shooting
A private law firm hired by Uvalde's school district asserts it doesn't have widely-viewed footage taken the day of the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Read NASA’s Internal Discussions of UFOs in Newly Released Documents
A FOIA request revealed internal NASA emails about UAPs/UFOs, including an invite to an event called, "Extreme Acceleration by UAPs”
Complaints to Government Show Americans’ Slow Descent Into Madness Over Spam Calls
"HOW LONG MUST I FEAR", wrote one citizen beset by robocalls.
Uvalde Hires Private Law Firm to Argue It Doesn’t Have to Release School Shooting Public Records
Some of the records relating to the Robb Elementary School shooting could be “highly embarrassing,” involve “emotional/mental distress,” and are “not of legitimate concern to the public,” the lawyers argued.
Texas Police Want Uvalde Bodycam Footage Suppressed Because It Could Expose Law Enforcement ‘Weakness’
The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the state's Attorney General to prevent the public release of body camera footage in response to a public records request from Motherboard.
Federal ‘Teen Footworshipper’ Retires With Honors
FCC employee who watched ‘teen’ porn at work investigated, allowed to retire with a party.