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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2715556" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/14/obama-spent-36-million-last-year-to-fight-foia-lawsuits/" target="_blank">Obama Spent $36 Million Last Year To Fight FOIA Lawsuits</a></p><p></p><p>More than half the money was spent fighting lawsuits against three agencies. The Department of Justice accounted for $12 million, the Department Homeland Security spent $6.3 million and the Department of Defense spent $4.8 million.</p><p></p><p>The number of FOIA lawsuits brought against the government increased significantly during Obama’s two terms. Individuals, journalists and advocacy groups filed 300 FOIA lawsuits in 2009. That number increased through almost every year of Obama’s presidency, and a total of 512 lawsuits were filed in 2016, <a href="http://foiaproject.org/2016/12/09/foia-lawsuits-make-news-headlines-in-fy-2016/" target="_blank">according</a> to the FOIA Project.</p><p></p><p>A 2016 Government Accountability Office <a href="http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/679631.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> shows that from 2009 to 2014, the administration spent $144 million for all of the FOIA lawsuits that government agencies and departments defended.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2715556, member: 12952"] [URL="http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/14/obama-spent-36-million-last-year-to-fight-foia-lawsuits/"]Obama Spent $36 Million Last Year To Fight FOIA Lawsuits[/URL] More than half the money was spent fighting lawsuits against three agencies. The Department of Justice accounted for $12 million, the Department Homeland Security spent $6.3 million and the Department of Defense spent $4.8 million. The number of FOIA lawsuits brought against the government increased significantly during Obama’s two terms. Individuals, journalists and advocacy groups filed 300 FOIA lawsuits in 2009. That number increased through almost every year of Obama’s presidency, and a total of 512 lawsuits were filed in 2016, [URL='http://foiaproject.org/2016/12/09/foia-lawsuits-make-news-headlines-in-fy-2016/']according[/URL] to the FOIA Project. A 2016 Government Accountability Office [URL='http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/679631.pdf']report[/URL] shows that from 2009 to 2014, the administration spent $144 million for all of the FOIA lawsuits that government agencies and departments defended. [/QUOTE]
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