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Control tower recording of the United Airways 553 crash, released via an FBI FOIA request: https://www.muckrock.com/foi/united-states-of-america-10/united-airlines-flight-553-federal-bureau-of-investigation-22787/

Pleasant Boop by MuckRock

Earthquake by MuckRock

Holiday - National Boss Day by MuckRock

Honeysuckle by MuckRock

Taking The Family On An Outing by MuckRock

Terminate!!! by MuckRock

THE TRAIN WILL NOT STOP HERE by MuckRock

Watch Your Step by MuckRock

EDITED 13101004 - Capt Nathan Ward Co SO.MP3 by MuckRock

Circus by MuckRock

FOIA-side Chat returns (again), as a podcast this time. Shawn and JPat discuss long-overdue FOIA reform in Massachusetts, and how we might have to wait even longer.

On August 9, 1990, two U.S. Embassy employees trying to enjoy a beer at the Mezhdunarodnaya Hotel in Moscow were interrupted by a stranger. What wouldn't come out until much later: This stranger was Edward Lee Howard, who slipped past federal agents to defect to the Soviet Union years before. This is the story of how.

What's in a name? Potentially, quite a lot of trouble, particularly in the 1940s when the Red Scare was at its height. This is the story of two men, both named Irving Adler, which were investigated by the FBI, and how MuckRock accidentally got its hands on their files.

Feel like your public records request is taking forever? You’re not alone: MuckRock contributor Anais Vaillant crunches the numbers to look at just how much of a waiting game public records have become. Listen in to this week's episode.

For years, a dedicated public servant found himself on the wrong end of an FBI investigation. They had been tracking his overseas movements, his reading materials, his family connections. The only problem was that the interrogations, the tails, and the leads were all chasing after the wrong guy.

In today's episode, Michael and Shawn Musgrave, MuckRock's project editor, run through the second Drone Census, why NYPD is so bad with public records and the slice of seasonal cheer the NSA sent home with employees.

The Star Spangled Banner, or To Endor with Love, Beyonce by MuckRock

The Drone Census by MuckRock

For nearly seven decades, General Vang Pao served as a warrior for his people in a campaign that spanned from his native Laos to California. But for this war hero, a new life in a new land just wasn't enough.

A look back at the life of Internet activist Aaron Swartz as told through the Freedom of Information Requests he filed. And a few that were filed on him.