Gee...DOJ decides lying to the people is not a good idea

I would like to say this is great news, but why on earth did we have to go this far in the first place? So the Department of Justice is backing off on trying to be able to lie to the Ametrican people. How noble!

The Department of Justice has canceled a controversial planned revision to Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) rules that opponents said would have allowed federal agencies to lie about the existence of records.

I would love to know the name(s) of the maroon(s) who thought up this crazy idea in the first place. He/she/they actually thought that the ability to lie to the American people was good for our democracy?

In probably one of the most understatements of the year the DOJ said this:

...the DOJ wrote that the proposed rule “falls short” of its commitment to transparency, and it “will not include that provision when the Department issues final regulations.”

Really? I certainly hope that these creative DOJ officials who came up with the crazy idea in the first place will be named. Obviously, they are not working in our interest and should be removed.