„Zweifelhafte“ Nutzung des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes, das den Zugriff auf Dateien über Prinz Andrew verbietet, sagen Forscher
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/28/dubious-use-of-the-freedom-of-information-act-stopping-access-to-files-on-prince-andrew-researchers-say
Von ClassicFlavour
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Surely if they’ve got nothing to hide then we can see this information.
On the one hand, it’s deplorable. On the other hand, I can’t get too excited about an author not being able to write the book he has planned. (On the third hand, I did enjoy Lownie’s earlier book about Guy Burgess.) Reclosing files that were previously opened seems particularly dubious. Information should be withheld to protect national security, not to prevent official embarrassment.
The problem with evasion is that evasion creates suspicion