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MRFF FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT
AGAINST U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY
AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS OF
FOIA REQUEST OBSTRUCTION
In October 2022, MRFF submitted three FOIA requests to the
Air Force Academy. The first of the three was submitted after the Academy scheduled its “Commandant’s Training Day” on the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur, forcing Jewish cadets to choose between their religion and participating in this important training day. MRFF did not buy the Academy’s claim that its utter disregard of its Jewish cadets was just a “scheduling oversight” and submitted a FOIA request demanding all records regarding
the scheduling of “Commandant’s Training Day.”
The other two requests were for records of the Academy’s internal correspondence and other records regarding MRFF and records of
in-person meetings between Academy leadership and representatives of other non-profit organizations, religious organizations and churches, and political or other public figures.
After receiving “Status Update” after “Status Update” from the Academy’s FOIA officer, which continued through April 2024, with each “Status Update” moving the dates that the documents for each request would be released to MRFF further and further away, all communication from the FOIA officer suddenly ceased.
After nearly three years of being stonewalled by the Air Force Academy to prevent us from obtaining the information we are seeking, MRFF has said enough is enough, filing a federal lawsuit last Friday against the Academy to force it to obey the law
and release the requested documents to us.
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