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National Archives: 336 Alito-related Pages Set for Release

Oh, boy-a, oh, FOIA! Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, the National Archives will not only release 336 pages related to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, the documents will be available on the web, for anyone to look at, starting on November 30.

Let's be happy the National Archives is not following the terrible example of the Department of Justice, which yesterday made 470 pages of Alito-related files available for 180 minutes for reporters only. Please join me tomorrow and pore over the Alito pages when they're posted on the web.

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Press Release
November 29, 2005

National Archives to Release Online Materials Relating to Samuel Alito

WHAT: The National Archives at College Park will release 31 documents totaling 336 pages from Record Group 60, Records of the Department of Justice, Files of Charles Cooper and Files of the Attorney General, Edwin Meese III.

These records, consisting of memoranda and other documents, were located in various folders in the files of Mr. Cooper and Mr. Meese during the processing of FOIA requests by the National Archives.

WHERE: The records will be posted on the National Archives web site at: www.archives.gov/news/samuel-alito/.

WHEN: 11:00 A.M. (EST) on Wednesday, November 30, 2005.

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For press information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff at 202-501-5526.