Category Bureaucratic Violence

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act

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“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act If you are looking for our amazing free CSE Glomar Unit NFT, scroll to the bottom of the page for the keyed claim link! Introduction…

We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work

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We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work Introduction Bureaucracies want to be seen as inevitable. Their legitimacy is presumed, their authority routinized, their processes self-justifying. They demand submission not through…

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime

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Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime Introduction: The Unseen Feedback Loop In Canada’s freedom-of-information arena, an unexpected feedback loop has emerged. Citizens file Access to Information (ATIP) requests seeking government records, but evidence shows that federal…