--- type: Topic title: "FOIA, records and transparency" description: "Freedom of Information Act requests, records retention, deletion and attempts to avoid disclosure." tags: - topic - covid-19 document_count: 112 sources: - { id: baric_ti, resource: /sources/baric-ti.md, title: Baric Transcribed Interview (Redacted), author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-23 } - { id: cbp_release, resource: /sources/cbp-release.md, title: CBP Release Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release" } - { id: daszak_cbp, resource: /sources/daszak-cbp.md, title: Daszak CBP Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-17 } - { id: diary_prequel, resource: /sources/diary-prequel.md, title: Diary Prequel Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-27 } - { id: fauci_awards, resource: /sources/fauci-awards.md, title: Fauci Awards Package (Redacted), author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-24 } - { id: fauci_diary, resource: /sources/fauci-diary.md, title: Tony's Diary Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-24 } - { id: fauci_intel, resource: /sources/fauci-intel.md, title: Fauci Intelligence Community Release, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-06-11 } - { id: gates, resource: /sources/gates.md, title: Gates Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-31 } - { id: letter_dni, resource: /sources/letter-dni.md, title: Chairman Paul Letter to DNI Gabbard, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2025-10-30 } - { id: nih_public_comments, resource: /sources/nih-public-comments.md, title: NIH Hid Public Comments Package, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release", last_modified: 2026-07-17 } - { id: reading_room, resource: /sources/reading-room.md, title: Reading Room Production, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release" } - { id: slack_pm, resource: /sources/slack-pm.md, title: Slack / Private Message Drop, author: "process:senate-hsgac-release" } generated: { by: randpaul-corpus-pipeline/1.0, at: "2026-08-01T12:42:27Z" } status: stable --- Freedom of Information Act requests, records retention, deletion and attempts to avoid disclosure. Tagged on **112** documents. # Principal voices * [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) - 23 documents * [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) - 22 documents * [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) - 17 documents * [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) - 14 documents * [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md) - 5 documents * [Christina Salazar](/people/christina-salazar.md) - 5 documents * Alice Hi Oviaid Nin. Gov Pau - 1 documents * [Arthur Bennett](/people/arthur-bennett.md) - 1 documents * [Jean Hu-Primmer](/people/jean-hu-primmer.md) - 1 documents * [Patricia Conrad](/people/patricia-conrad.md) - 1 documents * [Ralph S. Baric](/people/ralph-s-baric.md) - 1 documents * Susanna HE Ib. Gov Barber - 1 documents # Statement timeline Attributed statements in chronological order. Each is quoted verbatim and cited to its page. * **2020-08-26** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (asserts): "Just had my first freedom of information journo request...." [^slack_pm] * **2020-08-29** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (instructs): "Yeah, very true - actually, maybe we should file a FOIA... :wink:" [^slack_pm] * **2020-09-09** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "Good thing "Xander" appears not to have a clue about FOIA, actually something that can't be round-filed." [^slack_pm] * **2020-11-01** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (reports): "In the article, much to my dismay, Dawsey (less than Abutaleb) wanted to keep the word "seriously in a passage that I thought was off the record, but he said that it was not (I am pissed at him)." [^fauci_diary] * **2020-12-13** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "@Covidfaker gets some ragtag "journalist" to file FOIA on me regarding grant funding about ever 6-12 months - it issimply to piss off funding agencies like NIH, who also have to waste a bloody lot of time." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-14** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "Come to think of it - scanned pdfs are usually how NIH responds to FOIA requests." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-14** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "I've had FOIA request where most of the pages were redacted inblack." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-14** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "Under the FOIA and the FCC's implementing rules, you are allowed to obtain copies of FCC records unless the records contain information that is exempt under the FOIA from mandatory disclosure." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-14** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "The most likely emails of ours that could *possibly* be FOIAed are the ones with .gov email recipients." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-15** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "So - here are Daszak's emails including those to Baric. https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Biohazard_FOIA_Maryland_Emails_11.6.20.pdfMost intersting part to me was that at some point Baric dropped out as one of the signatories." [^slack_pm] * **2020-12-18** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (asserts): "Just been talking (off the record) to this guy from CNN who has been delving deep into the early outbreak." [^slack_pm] * **2021-01-07** — [Andrew Rambaut](/people/andrew-rambaut.md) (asserts): "Off the record (although you can find them on GISAID) we now have two independent instances of E484K on top of the B.1.1.7 constellation" [^slack_pm] * **2021-01-12** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (asserts): "While you were on leave, I left a message to let you know that we had received another application under the NSW freedom of information legislation, the NSW Government Information (Public Access) Act (the GIPA Act), for information about your work." [^slack_pm] * **2021-02-14** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (questions): "@Eddie Holmes - do you know if this particular email will be made public as part of your FOIA?" [^slack_pm] * **2021-02-24** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (instructs): "One question to the FOIA though - I _do_ think we need to make the reviews public as the emails make the Nature connection clear." [^slack_pm] * **2021-03-01** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (asserts): "This is like a freedom of information act request: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2021-03-02 at 9.38.02am.png]" [^slack_pm] * **2021-04-19** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "No more restrictions to priority groups • Kate Berner sent me a note saying that I was "outstanding" at the White House pressor. • I get a lot of FOIA requests regarding my financial statements as well as regarding text messages , written correspondence, and…" [^fauci_diary] * **2021-04-19** — [Anthony S. Fauci](/people/anthony-s-fauci.md) (asserts): "The most recent FOIA requests have been for any text messages between me and Susan Rice, Ron Klain, Anita Dunn, and Kate Bendingfield." [^fauci_diary] * **2021-06-01** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "They FOIA'd TF emails - starting in March - don't think we'll show up... [shared file(s): Tony Fauci's emails from April2020 released under FOIA - Washington Post.pdf]" [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-03** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "I swear, tomorrow will be the day. [shared file(s): leopold-nih-foia-anthony-fauci-emails.pdf]" [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-04** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "Third choice tell him you will talk to him off the record on background then send him all the Alina Bullshit." [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-19** — [Robert F. Garry](/people/robert-f-garry.md) (asserts): "and this just in from JB to the email chain (foias R' us) By the way, I just wanted to add one last piece of information prior to the meeting that might be relevant." [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-20** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (asserts): "I'm just disgusted that he has printed a FOIAd email in which the authors have no say" [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-20** — [Edward C. Holmes](/people/edward-c-holmes.md) (acknowledges): "Indeed, if bioRxiv post something that includes FOIA stuff I may quit" [^slack_pm] * **2021-06-21** — [Kristian G. Andersen](/people/kristian-g-andersen.md) (asserts): "I hope nobody responds back to this email, because I don't want to have a discussion about rooting a tree on an email chain that will be FOIAd." [^slack_pm] # Matching terms High-confidence: `foia`, `freedom of information`, `records request`, `public records`, `delete this`, `delete the email`, `off the record`, `not foia`, `foia-able`, `outside of foia` Supporting: `retention`, `disclosure`, `redact`, `withhold`, `personal email`, `gmail`, `search terms`, `production` # Sources [^baric_ti]: [baric_ti](/sources/baric-ti.md) [^cbp_release]: [cbp_release](/sources/cbp-release.md) [^daszak_cbp]: [daszak_cbp](/sources/daszak-cbp.md) [^diary_prequel]: [diary_prequel](/sources/diary-prequel.md) [^fauci_awards]: [fauci_awards](/sources/fauci-awards.md) [^fauci_diary]: [fauci_diary](/sources/fauci-diary.md) [^fauci_intel]: [fauci_intel](/sources/fauci-intel.md) [^gates]: [gates](/sources/gates.md) [^letter_dni]: [letter_dni](/sources/letter-dni.md) [^nih_public_comments]: [nih_public_comments](/sources/nih-public-comments.md) [^reading_room]: [reading_room](/sources/reading-room.md) [^slack_pm]: [slack_pm](/sources/slack-pm.md)