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AP Analysis: Obama Administration Censors Government Files More Than It Releases Them

President Barack Obama's administration had its worst year in transparency since he took office, the Associated Press reports: "More often than ever, the administration censored government files or outright denied access to them last year under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, cited more legal exceptions it said justified withholding materials and refused a record number of times to turn over files quickly that might be especially newsworthy, according to a new analysis of federal data by The Associated Press."