Obama’s Department of Homeland Security: Willfully Witholding Records Legally Requested Under Freedom of Information Act: AP Produces 995 Emails To Prove Claim.

Internally, Homeland Security was adamant that Napolitano’s political advisers were merely reviewing materials, “To be clear, this is a review not an approval.” Yet many e-mails directed Homeland Security employees never to release information under the FOIA without approval by political appointees,”It is imperative that these requests are not released prior to the front office reviewing both the letter and the records,” Papoi wrote in an e-mail to the agency’s officers responsible for administering the law. The AP’s request for the Homeland Security e-mails was itself submitted for review by the political advisers.