How come I have to get news on the Fed FOIA lawsuit from Russia Today? Judge denies Fox request
I found this video morning on the blog Revolutionary Politics, which was linked via What Really Happened.
The video mentions that last week one of the media outlets suing the Fed under the Freedom of Information Act them lost its suit. I thought that was strange, since I didn't hear anything about it, and like most of us around here, I keep an eye on the news. By all rights, this should have been big news. But instead of reading about it on the front page of the New York Times (America's paper of record), or splashed across the home page of the Drudge Report, I hear about it via Russia Today.
Sign of the times, friends.
I knew that both Bloomberg & Fox were suing, but the video doesn't mention either firm by name, so I went Googling the news for FOIA Fed. As it turns out, the media outlet they were talking about was Fox News. So I Googled "Fox FOIA," expecting to find an avalanche of coverage. Silly me. I forgot what year it is. What I got was one (1) MSM story on it, from Reuters, and a smattering of blog posts. I even tried a new Bing news search, which was completely useless.
NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters,) - A U.S. judge on Thursday denied a bid by Fox News Network LLC seeking details from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve about the central bank's loans to companies affected by the financial crisis.
The owner of the Fox Business cable network made an initial request for documents in November last year under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the companies and funds they received between August 2007 and November 2008.
As far as I can tell, even Fox News failed to report on the story.
I was going to end this blog post with the incredulous, "What's going on here?" But on further thought, that would simply be redundant. I think it is pretty clear what is going on. Silly me. I keep forgetting.
Update: Here's a better story from The Reporters Committee for a Free Press (rcfp.org)
Question about the FOIA
Does this act apply to both government and private entities?
The article I read said that the Fed is not government, as if this was a reason why info could not be released.
The very fact that they say the Fed is private should make even the most propagandized sheeple skeptical of what the Fed is doing. I mean, the billions, er, trillions of dollars are being given away by a private group of people to obvious "friends" of the Fed.
What a joke, and our Congress still has done nothing. They are the joke, sans Ron Paul.
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And thanks for the link to revolutionarypolitics.com;
the site has a GREAT collection of videos on recent events.
I think Bloomberg sued under
I think Bloomberg sued under FOIA also, and were similarly rebuffed.
No surprise
I find that I often have to go to Russia Today, Al Jazeera, Asia Times, or some other foreign news source to find out what's really going in in the United States. The U.S. mass media is a joke. That's why I subscribe to no U.S. newspaper and don't own a TV.
The utter disdain of the.....
courts, the federal reserve and the congress towards the American people is reprehensible and criminal in intent. If the "authorities" are not going to represent the people's interest, it is time to demand a new government. As much as I wish the transition to a different government (and the prosecution of the traitors) should be peaceful, it is highly unlikely that the "federal mafia" is going to give up without a fight. It is time to disobey. Disobey everything! I do not intend to be their "intimidated, dumbed down slave" much longer.
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The fed is a private company, Mike
FOIA is for government agencies.
They have a right to....
".....The Fed responded Dec. 8, saying it’s allowed to withhold internal memos as well as information about trade secrets and commercial information. " Pretty straightforward wording wouldm't ya say?
Why do we insist that the fed is a part of the government?
No audit in 95 years.
Ever make you wonder about EVERY congressman who has served in the last 95 effing years?
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Private company dealing with very public funds and information.
Therefore they should be bound by a FOIA.
Just one last kick in the nuts, then a final deathblow
Judge Alvin Hellerstein
appears to have made the ruling.
Here's a link to a thread about "The Hellerstein Connection", being a high level Zionist family, and some interesting associations with 9/11.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/101788
This guy is one of their hoods...
this is how they get it done....with THEIR people.
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Appears Russia has more
Appears Russia has more open reporting than the US? Now I wonder if they have a more open search engine than Google.and a more open Internet?
I don't know about anyone else, but when Googling lately there doesn't seem to be the flow of information that there use to be? And in some cases no information at all.
No, this is the game they play to
create an aura of credibility.
Russia is not the opposition.....they are made to look like it.
They are a feudal state that kills their opposition in public.
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The New York Times
Is a long since proven rag. When do they criticize the international banking interests?
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Posted July 30th, 2009
U.S. judge rules for Fed in Fox News Network FOIA request
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/101474
and again
Posted July 31st, 2009
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/101543
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little detail correction
She said S.602 when it's really S.604.
Hellerstein.....
Now THAT is funny. Wake up, people...
Oh, now I see.
From the rcfp.org story:
http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=10939
[Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan] also ruled that the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks are not government agencies. Therefore, he held, the Board in Washington was not obligated to search the records of the regional banks in response to Fox’s FOIA request.
The FED has it's own flag
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/VmPcoT2pVb7/Mortgage+Crisis+R...
Looks like a government agency, sounds like a government agency, acts like a government agency,,,yet when it comes to FOIA, not so much.
So
If they aren't government agencies, we don't have to use their "money" then?
Har, har.
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No joke
You want a peaceful transition/r3volution? Stop accepting FRNs, at least set up a pricing structure to accept PMs instead.
All you have to do is check for the spot price each day.
I would MUCH PREFER to be compensated with silver or gold Eagles, than with rapidly devaluating scrip.
Example: Labor rate $100.00/hour or 5 silver Eagles.
Considering that a silver Eagle is one dollar, which amount would you prefer to tell the IRS that you earned?
It's possible that Fox
may have been gag-ordered by the court to not disclose the ruling.
It wouldn't surprise me.