1. In Wales Rhodri Morgan, the first minister, published a consultation document on the freedom of information code, announcing that in Wales government departments would have to prove "substantial prejudice" if they wanted to withold information from the public. WebC
2. The new Homeland Security Act contains huge exceptions to the Freedom of Information Act, allowing the government to withold information from the public as long as the information has to do with "criticial infrastructure information. BNC
3. This program, commonly referred to as a "Big Brother," is headed up by John Poindexter, the former Reagan-era National Security Advisor (he was the official who famously said that it was his duty to withold information from Congress). WebC