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our fight to protect the constitutional right of the people to know what their government is doing. But this vigilance is necessary and will never cease.
Earlier this year, President Ronald Reagan met vigorous opposition from the press when he tried to modify the Freedom of Information Act (FOIAI by making it easier for government officials to withhold information.
Sen. David Durenburger, R-Minn, was a leader in the congressional resistance to the major proposed changes. He introduced a • bill to maintain strict standards for the application of FOIA, proposing tests "o balance public rights against the secrecy necessary to protect release c' intelligence information which could be harmful to the nation’s security.
When introducing his bill, Durenburger's words reflect the opinion not only the Rappahannock News staff but newspaper people everywhere in the country. “FOIA is where the journalist and the historian turn when they seek particular information so as to inform the public. FOIA is where parents and widows turn when someone has died in the line of duty and they want to know why. FOIA and the Privacy Act are what the concerned citizen uses to find out whether the government has been watching him. In protecting FOIA, we are protecting the most basic element of open government.”
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