Topic: National Security & Foreign Policy

FOIA Request to DHS Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge

July 31, 2017
Communications related to the construction of Trump’s border wall and the related impact on the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge.

FOIA to DHS for State Government Communications Regarding the Wall

July 31, 2017
All communications between the Department of Homeland Security and the state governments of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California.

FOIA Request to DOD Seeking Records Related to the Transgender Ban

July 28, 2017
FOIA to DOD seeking any analyses or recommendations from any general, admiral, or military expert provided to the White House regarding DOD’s policy regarding the service of transgender individuals in the U.S. military.

FOIA Request to DOJ Processing of Sessions FOIA

July 28, 2017
Records concerning the processing of American Oversight’s FOIA request regarding Attorney General Sessions’s SF-86.

FOIA Request to DOJ Russian Interference and Appointment of Special Counsel

July 28, 2017
Records reflecting communications between the Office of the Attorney General and the White House regarding the DOJ’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and the related appointment of a special counsel.

FOIA Request to State Regarding North Korea Missile Testing

July 28, 2017
FOIA to State seeking email communications between State Department officials regarding North Korea’s missile testing.

American Oversight Calls for Resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions

July 21, 2017
"Attorney General Sessions knowingly lied to the FBI about his Russian contacts, and he can no longer serve as our nation’s top law enforcement officer."

FOIA Request to DOJ Communications National Security Division

July 19, 2017
Communications within the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

FOIA Request to DOJ Office of Attorney General Regarding Investigations

July 19, 2017
FOIA to DOJ seeking records that reflect the ways in which the Office of the Attorney General is shaping criminal investigations, including the nature of the involvement of political appointees in the decision making processes of particular open investigations.

DOJ Releases Redacted Page of Sessions’s SF-86 to American Oversight

July 13, 2017
On Thursday morning, DOJ released a single, heavily-redacted page of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s SF-86 security clearance application form to American Oversight following a lawsuit from the watchdog group.