In a letter to the editor published in The Washington Post Tuesday, D.C. Attorney General Irvin Nathan attempted to defend the Gray administration’s proposed Freedom of Information Act amendments by likening FOI Act requests to broad government subpoenas aimed at the newspaper or private citizens.
He asked, “How would The Post, or any citizen, react if the government could subpoena all of its records, no matter how voluminous, without giving a reason; demand that they be produced in a matter of days; and leave the courts powerless to get any explanation for the demand, to place any substantive limits on it or even to extend the time for response?” Read more »
