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September 19, 2005
J-Prof's FOIA Suit Circumvents Government 'Censorship'
By Amanda Lang
The case began for Begleiter after hearing about Russ Kick, who runs a Web site called The Memory Hole. Kick had filed a request for images from Afghanistan. The government provided them, but a week later declared that displaying the photos violated the rights of the soldiers' families. The statement also said that no other photographs would be released.
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The case began for Begleiter after hearing about Russ Kick, who runs a Web site called The Memory Hole. Kick had filed a request for images from Afghanistan. The government provided them, but a week later declared that displaying the photos violated the rights of the soldiers' families. The statement also said that no other photographs would be released.OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.