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WSJ
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) has issued his first subpoenas to the Obama administration, seeking depositions from two Department of Homeland Security employees about their handling of freedom of information requests.
Mr. Issa’s committee has been investigating allegations that DHS sidestepped politically-sensitive requests made by journalists and activists under the Freedom of Information Act. He’s also asked 180 other federal agencies for records of how they responded to requests for information under the act.
Now he is summoning two career officials from Homeland Security’s FOIA office to appear on March 7 and March 8 for depositions about their handling of requests.
The top Democrat on the oversight committee, Elijah Cummings of Maryland, has written a letter to Mr. Issa accusing him of being “hasty and ill-advised” in moving so quickly to demand depositions from the DHS employees.
Mr. Cummings also says Mr. Issa isn’t keeping a promise to fully consult with committee Democrats before issuing subpoenas.
Republicans also say that their investigation of DHS started because a department employee came to them with documents suggesting that political appointees may have interfered in the FOIA process. [..]
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