{"id":3192,"date":"2016-04-02T21:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=3192"},"modified":"2016-04-02T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:14:11","slug":"tighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-weaken-government-watchdogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=3192","title":{"rendered":"Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government Watchdogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/28\/us\/politics\/tighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-defang-government-watchdogs.html?_r=1','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/11\/21\/us\/00doj-web\/00doj-web-facebookJumbo.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/28\/us\/politics\/tighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-defang-government-watchdogs.html?_r=1\\'&gt;Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government Watchdogs&lt;\/a&gt;The new restrictions grew out of a five-year-old dispute within the Justice Department. After a series of scathing reports by Glenn Fine, then the Justice Department inspector general, on F.B.I. abuses in counterterrorism programs, F.B.I. lawyers began asserting in 2010 that he could no longer have access to certain confidential records because they were legally protected.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F11%2F28%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Ftighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-defang-government-watchdogs.html%3F_r%3D1\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Nytimes&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2015\/11\/21\/us\/00doj-web\/00doj-web-facebookJumbo.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/11\/28\/us\/politics\/tighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-defang-government-watchdogs.html?_r=1'>Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government Watchdogs<\/a>The new restrictions grew out of a five-year-old dispute within the Justice Department. After a series of scathing reports by Glenn Fine, then the Justice Department inspector general, on F.B.I. abuses in counterterrorism programs, F.B.I. lawyers began asserting in 2010 that he could no longer have access to certain confidential records because they were legally protected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F11%2F28%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Ftighter-lid-on-records-threatens-to-defang-government-watchdogs.html%3F_r%3D1\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tighter Lid on Records Threatens to Weaken Government WatchdogsThe new restrictions grew out of a five-year-old dispute within the Justice Department. 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