FOIA

The Freedom of Information Act is supposed allow is regular people access to (non secret) information. Why is it then that we have to sue the government each time in order to receive this information.

The latest suit is against the DHS (Dept. of Homeland Security) to provide documents about a case involving an "illegal" charged with DWI and the hit & run death of a nun.

Now why would the DHS want to withhold information on this case? Well it seems the White House is involved. I wonder why?