As we told you yesterday, the FBI ruffled more than few feathers when it released 129 pages of documents on the 2001 investigation into Bill Clinton’s pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich:
William J. Clinton Foundation: This initial release consists of material from the FBI's files related to the Will… https://t.co/Y4nz3aRSmG
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) November 1, 2016
Well, here’s the explanation.
Apparently it’s an automated system that was triggered because these documents were requested under the FOIA “three or more times”:
Just in: statement from the FBI on its release of documents today pertaining to the Marc Rich/Bill Clinton inquiry pic.twitter.com/SLBEmxNjmM
— Rebecca Buck (@RebeccaBuck) November 1, 2016
Other recent releases posted automatically covered General David Petraeus, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s father, Fred:
David Howell Petraeus: This release concerns an investigation into the compromise of classified material. The dat… https://t.co/BP66zxmaEh
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 30, 2016
Hillary R. Clinton: Hillary Rodham Clinton served as U.S. Secretary of State from January 21, 2009 to February 1,… https://t.co/9e7TYx2GVQ
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 30, 2016
Fred C. Trump: Fred C. Trump (1905-1999) was a real estate developer and philanthropist. This release consists of… https://t.co/21KgtPpmzk
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 30, 2016
It should be noted that before the Fred Trump release on October 30, 2016, the previous one happened over a year earlier on October 15, 2015:
Make FOIA requests electronically,receive your response to your email account. Open beta test of eFOIA at: https://t.co/RWylCwh2BX
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) October 8, 2015
So for an entire year this 3-or-more FOIA request rule wasn’t triggered? Something still doesn’t make sense with all of this.
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