It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
(visit the link for the full news article)
Its press office cited “breach of copyright” laws pertaining to public correspondences bundled into the military data, arguing that “it made little sense” to delete those letters while trying to uphold their context. The MoD reassured inquiring minds that said documents — letters and all — could still be obtained through individual Freedom of Information Act requests.
“MOD is its own worst enemy sometimes,” Pope stated in an e-mail. “(It has) managed to turn a potential good news story about open government and freedom of information into a bad news story about cover-ups and conspiracies.”