And I admit my second thought on reading this is what that amounts to for someone like PhD student @_rshapirohttps://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/733673992259768320 …
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Put it this way, for just one request of mine (re FBI FOIA operations), FBI has assessed $23,360 in search fees.
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And keep in mind, this is just the cost _to look_ for the records. No guarantee they'll find anything, much less release it.
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& this is just estimate of search fees (1/2 of which must be paid up front). FBI routinely assesses additional search fees after
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And if FBI does find/agree to release anything, then there's additional duplication fees for that.
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So mid 6 digit figure, we're talking?
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Well, as I don't have the funds to pay $23,360 in search fees for 1 request, I'm still fighting this (& many other) fee issues..
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So I've certainly been spending thousands of dollars in fees while fighting the issues...
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More problematic is that years of important FOIA requests of mine have been sitting in limbo as FBI/DOJ shamelessly violate law
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