Judicial Watch Sues Homeland Security for Records Tied to Election Censorship CollusionJudicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for all records of communications tied to the Election Integrity Partnership (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:23-cv-01698)).
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after the DHS’s Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency failed to comply with an October 27, 2022, FOIA request for:
1. All emails, direct messages, task management alerts, or other records of communication related to the work of the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) sent via the Atlassian Jira platform between any official or employee of the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency and any member, officer, employee, or representative of any of the following:
The Election Integrity Partnership
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public
Stanford University’s Internet Observatory
The Center for Internet Security
The Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing & Analysis Center
The National Association of Secretaries of State
The National Association of State Election Directors
Graphika
The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Research Laboratory
Any social media company
2. All memoranda of understanding, guidelines, or similar records related to the Cybersecurity and Information Security Agency’s use of the Atlassian Jira platform for work related to the Election Integrity Partnership.
Jira is a software application developed by the Australian company Atlassian. The Atlassian websitestates: “Jira helps teams plan, assign, track, report, and manage work. It brings teams together for everything from agile software development, customer support, start-ups, and enterprises.” ..............
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