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Initially. and then when you file an foia request. >> megyn: freedom of information act. >> when you dont know the name of the person involved. and youre utilizing this fictitious name to communicate with government officials at the highest levels and then, five months of stonewalling to get the documents and they say theyll release the documents again just like fast and furious, 3,000 at a time. theres 12 or 15,000 documents tells you something doesnt add up here, something doesnt seem right. >...

Do this were any laws broken. the first amendment would protect the right to publish the names on both sides. while the information might require digging it is public information and released in response to a foia request. it is readily available public information. the first amendment freedom of the press would protect that. there s also the ethical issue. was it responsible for either side to do it. just because you have information doesnt necessarily mean that you should publish it. journalis...

Enough, a new report is out finding that these guys handed out some 30 million bucks in unreported bonuses. doug mckelway is live from washington. good morning, doug. please tell us about this $30 million in bonuses. >> reporter: good morning patti ann. after fox news reported on $3.6 million in bonuses hand out to thousands of gsa employees who attended the 2010 conference in crystal city, virginia, where much of the day was spent in team building exercises like that drumming session. >> listen...

Clouds over the real story here and that is safety issue for many of the residents not just in norfolk but something in a similar fashion happens across communities across the area and the other issue is with the virginian pilot. >> laura: we will get to the pilot issue in a second. say it were a group of 30 white kids or more, we dont know the exact number. and there were two african american individuals, maybe reporters, maybe a couple inner that car, and they descended upon that car and news ...

Clouds over the real story here and that is safety issue for many of the residents not just in norfolk but something in a similar fashion happens across communities across the area and the other issue is with the virginian pilot. >> laura: we will get to the pilot issue in a second. say it were a group of 30 white kids or more, we dont know the exact number. and there were two african american individuals, maybe reporters, maybe a couple inner that car, and they descended upon that car and news ...

Tone early with barbed questions about the department alleged stonewalling of "associated press" foia request for government document. >> is a.p. on the menmys list? ill take it as a no unless you want to answer. >> they defended department and witnesses against the republican onslaught. >> i want to give you a chance to answer the question. tried to but you werent permitted to. you stated that delays do not meet your high standards. >> they were not, sir. that was confirmed by the inspector gen...

Requests. >> since 2009, the department of homeland security failed to comply with the foia deadlines in 100% of requests filed by epic. >> under further questioning, john verdi criticized vhs demand that the foia request identify themselves by name, location and party affiliation. >> i do not believe it to be lawful. >> despite the harsh criticism, chairman issa pointed out what he had seen as d.h.s.s flaw in overly politicized policies in tooia request have been rescinded and they are operatin...

>> reporter: the question, was this a conflict of interest? meanwhile, comey continues to come under fire from democrats and some republicans for releasing investigation details so close to election day. on friday, the fbi released documents related to a 15-year-old investigation of mark rich, a friend of bill clinton, pardoned by the former president when he left office. the fbi insists the documents were released automatically to comply with the foia request. so was this e-mail from the doj to...

Hopefully with a special prosecutor, the american people arent going to believe for a moment that in fact nobodys at fault here. this was just an accident, some rogue people in cincinnati as lois lerner and the president would have you belief. bill: more of this a michael moore, staffry writer, "weekly standard." how are you? >> good morning, bill. bill: you say there is an event this week that could move this forward. what is that, michael? >> possibly. the. and not on the political side or hap...

The irs, the doj, the nsa, an now the v.a. were running out of letters. >> if only we could develop a new alphabet to add more scandal tos the roster because thats the only thing that this administration seems to do really, really well. call for an investigation, then sit on the documents, then you have to get an outside nonprofit agency to submit a foia request only to get thousands and thousands of pages of redacted and blacked out. the most quote transparent administration has turned up out t...