This Little Light of Mine
July 07, 2006
In the 40 years since President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act, it has been both a revelatory tool and a beleaguered statute. Historians, journalists and proponents of open government have filed millions of requests, and increasingly lawsuits, to uncover what the government does in the name of its citizens. Brooke looks back and forward with a number of FOIA experts, including PBS’ Bill Moyers, who was press secretary for Johnson at the time of the signing.
