Disclosure
We Found Pam Bondi’s Secret DOJ Email Alias
Former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions received official emails at the address Camden.Hybart@usdoj.com. Eric Holder chose Lew.Alcindor@usdoj.com. ...
Did Roy Cohn Frame Ethel Rosenberg? Her Sons' 50-Year FOIA Quest
How a 50-year FOIA campaign changed the public understanding of the most notorious Cold War espionage case. In 1953, the US executed Julius and Ethe...
He Brings Sunlight to College Football
Is your alma mater inviting the government to monitor its football fans on game day? How much do Big Ten schools earn renting out their mascots? You c...
The SEC Roots Out Golf on the Taxpayer Dime
When the Securities and Exchange Commission announced earlier this year that it had disciplined workers for golfing on the job, investigative reporter...
The Secret History of the Mar-a-Lago Document Seizure
Investigative reporter Jason Leopold and attorney Matt Topic take viewers inside a yearslong effort to head off document destruction at the White Hous...
Introducing: Disclosure Season 2
Disclosure, the podcast dedicated to revealing the government’s inner workings, is back for Season 2 in audio and video. By law, nearly every move fe...
Asking the FBI to Release the Santa Files
One Christmas, Matt dashed off a letter to the FBI’s FOIA office: Please search your old investigation files for the name Santa Claus, he requested, a...
These Federal Officers Wield the Power of Transparency
Ask the US government for public records, and your request will go to a federal employee who holds the keys to what gets released and what doesn’t. Ja...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting the Epstein Files
The new Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the government to release a trove of documents from its Jeffrey Epstein investigations – minus whateve...
To Crack Wu-Tang Album's Secrets, FOIA FOIA Y'All (Feat. Open Mike Eagle)
Exclusivity was the point of Wu-Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Only one copy was produced. A few minutes of it were played -- once -- in pub...