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Brutal #FOIA opinion from the D.C. Cir. this morning.

DOJ says it can't redact video and therefore must keep all of it secret. Court: Teenagers edit videos all the time, and "presumably, most of these teenagers have fewer resources than the United States government."
Court also rejects DOJ's claim that releasing a video of federal inmates eating in the prison cafeteria would violate their privacy. The panel notes that they are required by law to be eating there, so .......
D.C. Cir.: If the government really can't edit video to conceal faces, it had better explain why. Teenagers, the court says, have found a way to stick cat heads in front of faces, though "we do not necessarily advocate that specific technique."
Here's the opinion. It's basically a brutal rejection of boilerplate government denials, and a reminder that if the government wants to keep things secret, it needs pretty specific reasons. politico.com/f/?id=00000170…
I'm going to quote this part a lot: "FOIA favors disclosure, not concealment."
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