[yazd]

Once a FOIA request has been granted, anyone can write to the same agency and request a copy of the file which was released to the first party (and pay whatever the copying charges are). I myself have done this with DOJ.

Therefore, since the files are legally available to all comers, friend and foe alike, it makes little sense to commit a crime by stealing them, regardless of whether one is motivated to see what is in them, or to hide them from others.

One thing that might be accomplished by stealing them that could not as easily be accomplished by ordering a copy is to draw immediate attention to them in the press. In that case one needs to ask .. cui bono? Who would be willing to take this risk ... and for what gain?

[Political Junkie Too]

But's also the time it took to research, organize and collate the information. Somebody else who requests the same information will have to undergo the same collating all over again.

The object was to delay, not eliminate.

-PJ

[Eva]

My thought was that the documents which were stolen were probably on available to Kerry, himself. I believe that Kerry was cooperating with this author.

Of course, I could be wrong.