The Truth About Kos (DailyKos): FBI FOIA Request about DailyKos Unavailing

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

FBI FOIA Request about DailyKos Unavailing

Out of curiosity, I filed a Freedom of Information Act request about DailyKos with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I am beginning to think that the term "main file records" means a lot more than it appears to say facially. If there is nothing among "main file records," I would certainly also be interested in information that was contained in a non-main file record.

I have a feeling that looking into "main file records" but not others is somehow like looking for waves in the sand but not in the water. 'We were unable to find any engine troubles whatsoever in the trunk of your car.'

Marcus Baram at Huffington Post encountered a similarly odd response to his request for FBI records about J.D. Salinger. J.D. Salinger Didn't Have An FBI File?

The Huffington Post recently received a disappointing reply to a FOIA request for any files or records on Salinger, who died at the end of January. According to the FBI, the bureau was unable to identify "responsive main file records" under the name Jerome David Salinger. (Salinger's name may still pop up in other files kept by the bureau and a request for cross-references is still pending.)

I don't know, but I have a suspicion that "main file records" are defined so narrowly that even the unibomber would have no "main file records" but he might have reams of 'derivative file records(?), or something of the sort. Anyway, here's how the Justice Department responded to my request about DailyKos. One would think that a crash-the-gates leftist advocacy and money bundling group would have at least one document in its "main record files."

This is the FBI's response:

Maybe I'll file an appeal, requesting FBI records about DailyKos that are not in the main records files, but that are in cross-reference files or others interesting places.

Francis L. Holland imagines:

Dear Atty. Holland: Although there are sixty-eight thousand hits for "CIA" + "Moulitsas" in Google, there is not a single reference to that person FBI "main file records."

In fact, our records contain no information at all on the existence of a blog called "DailyKos" or a man named "Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga." It is possible that we are denying records because he is a CIA agent and that is one of the circumstances under which always deny having any information, as a national security exception to FOIA principles. You can't have MAMZ's FBI records and "You do not have permission to view this diary."

Have a nice day.

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If a Link Here Doesn't Work . . .

If a link doesn't work, be patient. Look for an updated link in the articles below, use the search function in the top left, and/or look to this list of all but one of the articles written by Markos C. A. Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ) when he was at Northern Illinois University (NIU), writing extreme right-wing letters to the editor. Interestingly, the one known missing article still is not in the archives although it was faxed to me by Northern Star staff and republished here. That article was the first in a series of five articles about "racism", four of which were assigned tasks and described the "racism" and religious persecution problems on campus based on interviews.

In the fifth article, which was not commissioned, MAMZ declared that, having completed the obligatory four articles, the fifth article would announced his intention to withdraw again into "detached selfishness", grateful that he was not one of "them", "whose skin color or religious persuassion (sic) made them the target of bigotry and discrimination. They would never be able to escape who they were."

This is MAMZ announcement that he is NOT a Latino, but is a white man, and he underlines this today by insisting that it is improper to address him using his mother's Latino name, "Zúñiga".

In looking for the MAMZ's student newspaper articles, remember that the NIU student newspaper, the Northern Star, has changed the Internet addresses of these articles three times [now four times as of 9/2010] in last 30 months, making all old links obsolete and sometimes making all of the articles temporarily unavailable.

Atty. Francis L. Holland in the Media

Washington Post quotes
Francis L. Holland slamming DNCC for all-white state blogs corps:
"Francis L. Holland, one of the vocal black bloggers, sent e-mails to DNC officials asking that 15 black-operated blogs be added to the State Corps. "There is nothing 'Democratic' about an all-white Democratic National Convention floor blogging corps," he wrote in an e-mail. Holland is also asking for the inclusion of 15 Latino-operated blogs."
Slate.com quotes Francis L. Holland regarding John Edwards' decision to endorse Senator Barack Obama for President:
"Or, as Obama supporter Francis L. Holland puts it: "So, it shows tremendous courage, foresight and solidarity that Edwards has endorsed Obama after the media declared Hillary's campaign to be as good as dead, right? Oh, well! Better late than never!"
BlackEnterprise.Com quotes Francis L. Holland:
"Of the blogs covering the convention, black blogs will be 7.2% of the blogs present,” says Francis L. Holland of the Afrosphere Action Coalition. According to Holland, many states with a strong black Democratic presence and population are either underrepresented or not represented at all, even though black bloggers from these states did apply. “The state of Tennessee, which often has over 25% blacks among its Democratic primary voters, will not have a single black blogger at the Democratic National Convention, for example. The District of Columbia, which is 60% black, will be left out. Louisiana, which is 32.4% black, will be left out. Illinois, the presidential nominee’s home state, which is 15% black, will be left out.”
Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism cites Francis L. Holland:

In 2008, the Democratic "party came under fire from African American bloggers. Francis L. Holland of the Afrosphere Action Coalition, complained to Black Enterprise magazine that black blogs only made up slightly more than 7% of the bloggers credentialed for the convention."
Francis L. Holland Blog in the
Washington Post:
"We are tired of Hillary Clinton telling America that we are less than American simply because we refuse to vote for her," said Francis L. Holland, an African American blogger." Ironically, the Clintons embraced us, and even embraced Pastor Jeremiah Wright for support during their impeachment scandal." Holland was speaking of the congressional trial that followed former president Bill Clinton's liaison with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. "She has forfeited the black vote for the foreseeable future with her color aroused appeals."
Francis L. Holland Blog in Dallas Morning News:
“November’s voter turnout depends on August’s blogger outreach,” said Mr. Holland of the Afrosphere Action Coalition., a member of a national and international black bloggers’ coalition called “The AfroSpear.” “Blogs address constituencies, and it simply is not possible for blogs that are all-white to effectively reach diverse Democratic constituencies.”
Francis L. Holland Blog in Black Enterprise Magazine:
"Of the blogs covering the convention, black blogs will be 7.2% of the blogs present," says Francis L. Holland of the Afrosphere Action Coalition. According to Holland, many states with a strong black Democratic presence and population are either underrepresented or not represented at all, even though black bloggers from these states did apply. “The state of Tennessee, which often has over 25% blacks among its Democratic primary voters, will not have a single black blogger at the Democratic National Convention, for example. The District of Columbia, which is 60% black, will be left out. Louisiana, which is 32.4% black, will be left out. Illinois, the presidential nominee's home state, which is 15% black, will be left out."
Pacifica Radio's Election Unspun June 23: Black Bloggers and Black Power, interviews Francis L. Holland:

"Francis Holland is a blogger from Afrospear, a national group of bloggers that advocates for African-Americans. When he looked at the list of State Bloggers, he saw no black blogs among them. Holland explains that the process the Democratic Convention planners used to choose the State Blogger Corps was bound to lead to this result. And he argues that the Democratic Party can scarcely afford to alienate black voters in this election year." (The original link no longer works, which is becoming a growing documentation problem on the Internet.)
The American Prospect quoted Francis L. Holland explaining why Blacks and women would not support John Edwards in 2008:
"Electing Edwards to challenge the status quo is like supporting a queen to challenge the monarchy or integrating an all-white club by adding more all-white club members. It is possible that electing yet another white man to the Presidency will end the poverty of the historically disenfranchised, with John Edwards serving as a "pass through" for those who have historically been disincluded legally and by custom. But this is a very convoluted way of achieving what could be achieved much more directly by electing Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. ..."
Huffington Post published Francis L. Holland's articles.
Columbia Journalism Review quotes Francis L. Holland Blog.

Disclaimer: Although I am a trained attorney, I am retired and am not an active member of any state Bar. Therefore, I advocate in all matters on my own behalf and not as the legal representative of any person, group or organization.

The Truth About Kos (DailyKos)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

FBI FOIA Request about DailyKos Unavailing

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Once CIA, Always CIA?

MAMZ Denies Being Latino in Spite of "ZÚÑIGA" Maternal Surname:

In Audiotape (Below)
MAMZ Confesses 2-YRS CIA
"Clandestine Services" Training

Audiotape of MAMZ Confession to 2 YRS at CIA
Transcript of MAMZ's Confession to 2 YRS at CIA

"When they 'crash the gates', will they take our cross?"

MAMZ Proclaims His Atheism

DailyKos' Demographics

If a Link Here Doesn't Work . . .

Moulitsas Says His Attitude Toward Latinos and Hispanics is "detached selfishness".

Atty. Francis L. Holland in the Media

Blogs Reporting "The Truth About Kos":

Blog Archive

The Truth About Kos (DailyKos)

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

FBI FOIA Request about DailyKos Unavailing

No comments:

Once CIA, Always CIA?

MAMZ Denies Being Latino in Spite of "ZÚÑIGA" Maternal Surname:

In Audiotape (Below)MAMZ Confesses 2-YRS CIA"Clandestine Services" Training

Audiotape of MAMZ Confession to 2 YRS at CIATranscript of MAMZ's Confession to 2 YRS at CIA

"When they 'crash the gates', will they take our cross?"

MAMZ Proclaims His Atheism

DailyKos' Demographics

If a Link Here Doesn't Work . . .

Moulitsas Says His Attitude Toward Latinos and Hispanics is "detached selfishness".

Atty. Francis L. Holland in the Media

Blogs Reporting "The Truth About Kos":

Blog Archive

In Audiotape (Below)
MAMZ Confesses 2-YRS CIA
"Clandestine Services" Training

Audiotape of MAMZ Confession to 2 YRS at CIA
Transcript of MAMZ's Confession to 2 YRS at CIA