Nanny State

DHS Suddenly Keen on Privacy, Refuses to Release Office Phone Numbers for Public Relations Staff

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The Department of Homeland Security refuses to release office phone numbers for its public information officers in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Why? To do so would be a "a clearly unwarranted invasion" of their privacy (!):

A Federal Times reporter sought the phone numbers of individual public affairs staffers after having difficulty reaching them through a central email address for media inquiries. The agency eventually released a 58-page directory of public affairs staff, but redacted every phone number under the privacy exemption….

Via Radley Balko.