tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post1408131650353422003..comments2023-11-03T23:33:41.347+11:00Comments on ABC News Watch: FOI - Did ABC take advice from Australian intelligence authorities?Marc Hendrickxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13764038599250494228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-70783241177393779962013-12-24T07:42:08.917+11:002013-12-24T07:42:08.917+11:00Yes, hard to imagine the journos concerned did not...Yes, hard to imagine the journos concerned did not put something to paper to protect their backsides. Marc Hendrickxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13764038599250494228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-91922311706317124402013-12-24T01:04:37.359+11:002013-12-24T01:04:37.359+11:00This demonstrates what a paper tiger a freedom of ...This demonstrates what a paper tiger a freedom of information request is when the organisation can come back and simply say they have looked for all relevant documents and can't find any. Even though the Director of ABC News Kate Torney claims "We took advice from Australia's intelligence authorities..." so there must be some record. It is not something a matter a professional would have left to a simple discussion without any documentation. But even if that is the claim, then there should be an explanation that comes back with the FOI request with the subject stating that all contact was verbal and no notes were taken or kept. The ABC is once again treating the public like idiots.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126108970999170421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-79995281795087797872013-12-23T18:08:51.342+11:002013-12-23T18:08:51.342+11:00The mysterious ways of bureaucracy never cease to ...The mysterious ways of bureaucracy never cease to intrigue!Marc Hendrickxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13764038599250494228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330650666541115497.post-68078282763710243962013-12-23T17:36:03.667+11:002013-12-23T17:36:03.667+11:00How can "access to [the documents] be refused...How can "access to [the documents] be refused" if they "do not exist"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com