caskets are covered, privacy not breached. if families want privacy names should be censored instead. bodies in coffins are human boddies, identified or otherwise. not asking for video/photos/etc. from families. see: ./dover_photos_final.jpg for evidence that the DOTAF has done exactly this before. (letter to Kirk) FOIA: "To the extent required to prevent a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, an agency may delete identifying details when it makes available or publishes an opinion, statement of policy, interpretation"" http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB136/index.htm "In April 2004, the Air Force Mobility Command released under the Freedom of Information Act 361 photographs of recent Dover ceremonies, only to have the Defense Department call the action a mistake and hold up any further releases." Begleiter: "It's all about allowing the American people to accurately and completely assess the price of war. " http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foia_updates/Vol_XVII_4/page2.htm http://www.army.mil/professionalwriting/volumes/volume2/march_2004/3_04_2.html http://thememoryhole.org/war/coffin_photos/dover/ http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ response to may offend the public: that is medias responsibility and the viewers/readers/etc. responsibility. Clinton: "was the first law to establish an effective legal right of access to government information, underscoring the crucial need in a democracy for open access to government information by citizens" sets precedence for further censorship. dept. does not follow it's own policy. do whatever they want. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=dc/935194a.html http://www.army.mil/professionalwriting/volumes/volume2/march_2004/3_04_2.html http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2003/n10292003_2003102910.html <-- policy Director Meg Falk re-states magnitude interview with Begleiter http://www.aptv.org/FTR/purchaseftr.asp?NOLA2=11602 http://www.courthousenews.com/disc8_toc.htm -- six requests