The National Security Archive has released a new guide, Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone. Its aim is to provide “comprehensive overview of how to obtain documents from federal executive branch agencies.” It is divided into six chapters and all of them are available online in PDF format.

Yesterday, the National Security Archive (NSA) released documents that recounted the abuses committed by the Colombian Army. According to the NSA article, these documents describe how the Colombian military officers collaborated with the drug-trafficking paramilitary groups and used death squad tactics to tackle guerrillas.

Webcast: Tom Blanton, Director of National Security Archive at George Washington University chatted with Briam Lamb on C-SPAN this morning for about one hour. Direct to the Real Video.

Also, the National Security Archive has just awarded the 3rd Annual Rosemary Award for Worst FOIA Performance to the U.S. Air Force.

According to declassified documents posted today by the National Security Archive, Scalia, Rumsfeld, Cheney Opposed Open Government Bill 30 years ago. Veto Battle 30 Years Ago Set Freedom of Information Norms Edited by Dan Lopez, Thomas Blanton, Meredith Fuchs and Barbara Elias.