Good News In History, November 21

Good News In History, November 21
Good News In History, November 21 51 years ago today, Congress voted in a two-thirds majority to override President Gerald Ford’s attempted veto of the Freedom of Information Act , after he was influenced to try the veto by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. That decision gave the country the FOIA which it still maintains today, out of which have come dozens of the most high-profile news stories and political scandals in modern American history.  READ some of the stories this law has made possible to report…  (1974) Any US citizen or private entity can make an application under FOIA. Agencies and departments under only the executive branch then must turn over all the requested information in a timely manner. If the petitioner has cause to believe the agency is delaying, impeding, or even tampering with the material, they can seek recourse to a Special Council. FOIA requests can be fairly expensive, and today, only a limited number of publications and individuals can afford to petition for all…