The DOJ drafted the House Report for FOIA’s passage.

Evidence

Congress’s proposed FOIA bill would pass without amendment, but the Department of Justice (DOJ) would draft the House Report explaining the legislative intent behind the bill. … As the bill sat awaiting presidential signature in the early summer of 1966, the agencies were polled on their attitudes to FOIA. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 61

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 61
  • XREF: connects to: The Justice Department has resisted FOIA compliance since its inception. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 113

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