Jason Leopold

After 11 years, the Defense Intelligence Agency, one of the WORST govt agencies when it comes to #FOIA, responds to a request I filed on July 12, 2012

For context, I was seeking records about the use of mind altering drugs on detainees at Guantanamo and elsewhere

May 12, 2023 at 11:03amWeb
Show threadJason LeopoldMay 12, 2023

What's infuriating is that a decade ago I pried loose a DOD IG report via #FOIA that showed DIA was involved in discussions around the use of mind altering drugs on detainees

I filed the DIA FOIA request a day after I pubbed this story
https://truthout.org/articles/exclusive-department-of-defense-declassifies-report-on-alleged-drugging-of-detainees/

EXCLUSIVE: DoD Report Reveals Some Detainees Interrogated While Drugged, Others "Chemically Restrained"

Detainees in custody of the US military were interrogated while drugged with powerful antipsychotic and other medications that…

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Show threadDeelightFullMay 12, 2023
@JasonLeopold feels like they could have interpreted mind altering drugs differently than you would. Did you specify a list?
Show threadJason LeopoldMay 12, 2023
@DeelightFull2022 yep! I gave them a very lengthy list.
Show threadArchnemysisMay 12, 2023
@JasonLeopold makes me wonder if the record retention period is 10 years, and the point of the backlog is to not respond until the documents have been legally destroyed and they can truthfully say there are no responsive documents.
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@JasonLeopold Hello Jason just wondering if this supposed to read filed on July 12, 2002?
Below you mention June 2002 as when you reported and then filed the FOIA request right after.