Sunshine: ; Facts Needed Quickly

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SINCE 1966, the federal Freedom of Information Act has allowed Americans to see millions of government records, thus preventing officials from operating in secret.

But officialdom often drags its feet, stalling or avoiding requests for facts. For example, in 1990, a Library of Congress official asked for records about a man who claimed to have been a spy for "subversive"-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s. That request remains unanswered, 17 years later.

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Sunshine: ; Facts Needed Quickly

In March, a bill to speed up FOI...

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