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| | title: FOIA Declassified Document Search |
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| | # FOIA Declassified Document Search |
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| | ⚠️ **Demo data only. Public FOIA samples. Not exhaustive.** |
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| | A read-only research tool for exploring **publicly released FOIA documents** using search, timelines, program comparison, and redaction analysis. |
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| | This Space is designed for **journalists, researchers, students, and civic-tech experimentation**. |
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| | ## What This Space Does |
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| | - 🔍 Search across a **small demo index** of public FOIA documents |
| | - 🧭 Visualize **program mentions over time** |
| | - 🧩 Compare references across programs (e.g., TENCAP vs AATIP) |
| | - 🟥 Analyze **redaction density** |
| | - 📝 Generate **FOIA appeal draft language** |
| | - 📤 Export results (CSV / JSON) |
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| | ## Demo vs Live Data |
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| | This Space runs in **Demo Mode** only. |
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| | - Uses a **preloaded sample index (≈10–50 docs)** |
| | - No live scraping |
| | - No private or classified material |
| | - No inference about undisclosed government activity |
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| | All documents are: |
| | - Previously released |
| | - Publicly accessible |
| | - Used for demonstration only |
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| | ## Intended Use |
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| | ✔ Investigative research |
| | ✔ Journalism education |
| | ✔ Transparency advocacy |
| | ✔ Civic-tech prototyping |
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| | 🚫 Not intended for: |
| | - Surveillance |
| | - Intelligence analysis |
| | - Speculative claims |
| | - Operational use |
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| | ## Limitations |
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| | - Small dataset |
| | - Partial coverage |
| | - No guarantee of completeness or accuracy |
| | - Results reflect **document mentions only**, not factual confirmation |
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| | ## Trust & Safety Notes |
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| | - No personal data |
| | - No classified material |
| | - No claims beyond source documents |
| | - No automated decision-making |
| | - Read-only interface |
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| | ## License |
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| | MIT License (code) |
| | Public-domain / fair-use sources (documents) |
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| | ## Maintainer |
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| | Maintained by **GodsDevProject** |
| | For educational and civic transparency purposes. |
