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A post on John Scalzi's Whatever blog, which is a follow up to a previous post.
Supposedly, the FBI responded within a few days that they don't actually have a file on John Scalzi.
But then, the first comment is from Cory Doctorow, saying that that's basically what the FBI tells everybody on an initial request, and that if you really want your file, you have to appeal and keep pressing them. And I would bet that that actually works on probably 99% of people who send FOIA requests to the FBI and gets them to just immediately give up (and then "FOIA request made for their file" is probably added to the file that the FBI has lied about not having).
Supposedly, the FBI responded within a few days that they don't actually have a file on John Scalzi.
But then, the first comment is from Cory Doctorow, saying that that's basically what the FBI tells everybody on an initial request, and that if you really want your file, you have to appeal and keep pressing them. And I would bet that that actually works on probably 99% of people who send FOIA requests to the FBI and gets them to just immediately give up (and then "FOIA request made for their file" is probably added to the file that the FBI has lied about not having).
