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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by FFatPBI
The other things I can understand, but FoIA requests? If the consequence of excersicing you rights under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) is a denial to GE, then the information is not free anymore.
His point was not (I think) that prior FoIA requests are relevant to GE (I doubt they care) but rather that some people have made FoIA requests on the files that the TSA/Customs/etc keep on them, and that those show just how extensive the information that the government already has (and will then be using it to evaluate you for GE.)
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