At Justice, Freedom Not to Release Information (washingtonpost.com)

"... One 36-year-old U.S. law can be broken, it seems. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft, who is sworn to enforce all laws, has told federal employees that they can bend -- perhaps even break -- one law, and he will even defend their actions in court.

That law is known as the Freedom of Information Act. ..."

more and more we have access to less and less while the feds want more and more about each of us? go figure!