Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter for Buzzfeed and the author of News Junkie.

“I made the worst mistake that cost me my credibility and I could have done two things. I could have walked away, and said I’m done with this, no one wants me anymore. Or I could have—which I did—say, I’m going to learn how to do this differently, and be better. And that’s ultimately is what paved the way to this FOIA work. Because no one trusted me anymore.”

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[01:50] "Promethea Unbound" (Mike Mariani • Ativist • Nov 2017)
[02:10] FOIA.gov
[03:45] Leopold’s Buzzfeed Archive
[05:15] "Military-Industrial Complex Speech" (Dwight D. Eisenhower • Public Papers of the Presidents • 1961)
[07:50] "How I Got Clinton’s Emails" (Vice • Nov 2016)
[12:40] "Did Sebastian Gorka Bolt From the White House—Or Was He Pushed?" (Asawin Suebsaeng, Spencer Ackerman • The Daily Beast • Aug 2017)
[13:50] "Sebastian Gorka Gave A Classified 'Tirade' About Radical Islam?" (Buzzfeed • Sept 2017)
[16:30] "How the US Military's Fight Against the Islamic State Became 'Operation Inherent Resolve’" (Vice News • Jan 2016)
[22:10] "A Bunch Of CIA Contractors Got Fired For Stealing Snacks From Vending Machines" (Jason Leopold, David Mack • Buzzfeed • June 2017)
[26:10] News Junkie (Rare Bird Books • June 2014)
[27:35] "Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Reporters" (Truthout • May 2006)
[41:00] "Air Force Pulls ‘Jesus Loves Nukes’ Ethics Training After Publication of Truthout Report" (Truthout • July 2011)
[50:00] Citizen Four (Praxis Films • 2014)
[53:10] "The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks" (Julia Ioffe • The Atlantic • Nov 2017)
[53:40] "Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments ‘To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016’ (Jason Leopold, Anthony Cormier, Jessica Garrison • Buzzfeed • Nov 2017)
[59:15] Investigative Reporters and Editors
[59:25] National Security Archive
[59:35] "Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone” (National Security Archive • 2008)
[60:50] FOIA Online