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Home Office challenged on ‘farcical’ secrecy over Apple ‘backdoor’ order

UK government argues that national security would be damaged if it departs from ‘neither confirm nor deny policy’ on Apple ‘backdoor’ notice

New book shows how Canada's government is too secret

Matt Malone says proposed reforms could make Canada's access-to-information regime even worse.

Govt warns public servants against leaking classified information

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From laser shields to iPhone detectors: inside China’s booming secrecy industry

A group of Chinese officials are in the middle of a highly sensitive meeting involving critical decisions yet to be made behind closed doors, with documents stamped “classified” sp...

Officials crack on behind closed doors to limit the OIA, under cover of election

Analysis: The managerialism of processing official information requests is shielding the heart of the matter: reducing our right to participate in policy-making, and to hold minist...

Records prove secrecy premise in POW row despite no signed deal, Seoul says

South Korea and Ukraine remain at odds over the scope of a "binding" nondisclosure agreement regarding the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs), with the dispute no...

How To Get Your Government File

The Freedom of Information Act gives Americans the right to see what records the government has on any subject—including you.

THE SECRETS WE KEEP

“Some secrets protect imperial power, some secrets protect the people oppressed under said power.” Beginning with the Byzantine scholar Procopius’s The Secret History, an early-med...

Senior official appearing to try hide information being taken 'very seriously'

Leaked footage shows the Ministry of Education's Catherine Law telling staff not to put information shared with the minister's office in writing, reminding them it's "OIA-able".

US lawmakers call for UK court to lift secrecy over Apple ‘backdoor’ surveillance

Congress warns that the UK’s unprecedented secrecy over a ‘backdoor’ surveillance order against Apple is straining relations between the two countries

Secret Service officials suspended during leak probe

Susan Crabtree writes for Real Clear Politics about significant developments within the Secret Service. Three officials within the U.S. Secret Service’s communications office – inc...

Civil servant to face non-jury Special Criminal Court over alleged leaks to foreign handler

Man faces charges under the Official Secrets Act and data protection law

Civil servant accused of passing State secrets to hostile nation sent for Special Criminal Court trial

Yevgen McKeeffe denies four charges relating to the alleged disclosure and retention of confidential government information

Secrecy row as SNP Government refuses to name 13 firms banned under genocide policy

THE Scottish Government has been accused of “smoke and mirrors” after declining to reveal which companies are banned from receiving public money under a new policy prohibiting gran...

Government accused of using protected disclosures legislation as ‘hiding place’

Foreign affairs minister Helen McEntee is coming under pressure to take questions in the Dáil about her time as justice minister when protected disclosures were made by gardaí.

Civil servant faces non-jury Special Criminal Court over alleged data leaks to hostile country

Yevgen McKeeffe stands accused of breaking the Official Secrets Act.

Lawmaker Seeks Details on Secret Data-Center NDAs as AI Build-Out Faces Scrutiny

Inside the Langley showdown over JFK and MK-Ultra secrets

On May 13, 2026, CIA senior operations officer James Erdman III appeared under subpoena before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He was testifying de...

Golden Dome secrecy fuels debate over cost, effectiveness of system

Details of President Trump's planned Golden Dome missile defense remain hidden to prevent China and Russia from building countermeasures, but that secrecy is setting off a debate a...

State Unveils Policy to Boost Access to Information, End Govt Secrecy

According to the guidelines, these implementations are intended to strengthen public participation in governance and make it easier for citizens to obtain information needed to acc...

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relationsA bipartisan pai...

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relationsA bipartisan pai...

Pentagon’s Unprecedented Polygraph Dragnet Targets Leaks On Iran War And Munitions

The Pentagon has launched an unprecedented leak probe, subjecting around 50 Joint Staff members to polygraph tests in August after reports revealed severe shortages of US munitions...

Tamil Nadu government exempts Public (Law and Order) Department from RTI Act

Information on communal and caste clashes, inquiry reports on police firing, custodial deaths, details on handling of agitations by students and farmers; and all matters relating t...