So Much For Obama âTransparencyâ: Enjoy This Completely Blacked-Out Govât Doc On Text Snooping by Andrew Kirell | 12:22 pm, May 14th, 2013 LOL TRANSPARENCY» 24 comments This week sure hasnât looked good for the Obama administration. Scandalous examples of executive overreach, whistleblower suppression, political targeting at âindependent agencies,â etc., all fan the flames of discontent with what was promised to be an administration with âunprecedented levels of transparencyâ and openness. Add to that pile the below goofy little FOIA request obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. Curious to know more about the federal governmentâs warrantless spying on civiliansâ private text messages, the indispensable lobbying group submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Justice. What did they receive? 15 blacked-out pages of <s>eye-opening information</s> absolutely nothing⦠with the subject line: âGuidance for the Minimization of Text Messages over Dual-Function Cellular Telephones.â Scroll through the document below and prepare to giggle⦠and then feel slightly sad: <p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a title="View Totally Redacted FOIA response on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/141222327" style="text-decoration: underline;" >Totally Redacted FOIA response</a></p><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/141222327/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="undefined" scrolling="no" id="doc_84021" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>