{"id":58972,"date":"2025-10-15T12:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=58972"},"modified":"2025-12-02T06:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:11:54","slug":"foia-free-the-wlbott-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=58972","title":{"rendered":"FOIA \/ Free the WLBOTT 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Elder KM<\/strong> runs a wonderful non-profit called ENGin<\/a>. Sometimes she received WLBOTT emails on her ENGin email account. I imagine someday her organization will get a FOIA request, and KM will have to go to a deposition and explain these WLBOTT emails!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Dreaded Subpoena<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Drama<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

FOIA vs. WLBOTT \u2014 A Legal Drama in Three Acts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scene: A sterile federal conference room<\/strong> \u2014 Styrofoam coffee cups, humming fluorescent lights, a portrait of a very serious-looking founding father glaring disapprovingly.
Elder KM<\/strong>, in full professional grace, sits at a polished table. A lawyer adjusts his glasses and begins the deposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Transcript \u2014 Deposition #17-A: ENGin Email Irregularities<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer:<\/strong>
\u201cMs. KM, could you please explain this email labeled <\/em>\u2018URGENT: Twine-based Peace Initiative\u2014Phase III (Now with Goats)\u2019<\/strong>?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KM (calmly):<\/strong>
\u201cThat would be\u2026 a cultural exchange exercise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer flips pages, confused.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawyer:<\/strong>
\u201cAnd this one\u2026 \u2018The Inner Pig-Dog Must Be Confronted: A Memo on Motivational Spirit Beasts\u2019<\/strong> \u2014 was that part of your English tutoring initiative?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KM:<\/strong>
\u201cTechnically, yes. It contained vocabulary.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lawyer, clearly rattled, reads aloud slowly.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom: Elder G. Subject: <\/strong>Better Living Through Twine \u2014 A Manifesto.<\/em>\u2026 Ms. KM, are you aware that this email is 47 pages long and includes a tactical map of Iceland?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KM (with quiet dignity):<\/strong>
\u201cIceland is a metaphor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOIA Finding:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The official record will show:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cENGin occasionally received communications from an entity known as WLBOTT. The content of these communications cannot be fully explained using conventional logic.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Cross Examination \u2014 The Pig-Dog File<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Twine Intervention Strategy Reveal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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“Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, An Elder?”<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Verdict: Mild Bewilderment from the Bench<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The WLBOTT <\/strong>sketch artist took some liberties with her honor’s appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Post-Trial Reflections \u2014 We Build Bridges, They Bring Twine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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WLBOTT Stands With Elder KM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Did KM’s hot mike really capture “Thanks, but no thanks<\/em>“?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elder KM runs a wonderful non-profit called ENGin. Sometimes she received WLBOTT emails on her ENGin email account. I imagine someday her organization will get a FOIA request, and KM will have to go to a deposition and explain these WLBOTT emails! The Dreaded Subpoena The Drama FOIA vs. WLBOTT \u2014 A Legal Drama in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[105,29,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engin","category-heros","category-wlbott-corporate"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58972"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61980,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58972\/revisions\/61980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}