The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a broad Freedom of Information (FOIA) exemption, which would remove critical information from public purview -- everything from information on human rights abuses, to historical military records. The agency sought such an exemption in 2000, but Congress rejected the measure.
The proposed FOIA exemption would be specifically for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), an agency that creates and supplies intelligence information for the DoD. The exemption would allow both the DIA director and the new Director of National Intelligence to exempt operational files from public disclosure. DoD included the exemption in Section 901 of the National Defense Authorization Bill for fiscal year 2006, sent to Congress April 7.
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