Against own advice, Texas messes with self

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item posted 2:32:09: 09-08-04 by kyle.

The Daily Texan reports The Lone Star State is beside itself in the case of a UT Frosh who filed an open records request for documents relating to the state school's use of webcams to monitor classrooms, labs, and lecture halls. UT intended to appeal to the Texas AG's Office for a denial of the FOIA request on grounds of Homeland Security / Patriot Act / Terrorism Stuff, but blew the 10-day deadline. In such a case the AG ordinarily compels the release of the documents (You can't miss a deadline -- What do you think this is.... College?!). Thus leaving the school no choice but to hire it's lawyer -- Attorney General Greg Abbott -- to sue himself for emergency injunctive relief. That's right folks, it's a case of Abbott v. Abbott; Costello apparently has the night off....

The Frosh behind all this trouble is Physics major Mark Miller. Last semester he got himself investigated by the Secret Service, FBI, and Austin Joint Terrorism taskforce after filing a FOIA request for maps of the steam tunnels running underneath campus. ""I'm stubborn," Miller told the Texan. "The fact they're so resistant to giving [information] makes it more interesting."

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