Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
A watchdog group filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security Friday in an effort to force the agency to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request regarding a task force set up to combat alleged “election threats” in Pennsylvania.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania announced the formation of the “Election Threats Task Force” in a Feb. 29 release, claiming it would provide “trusted election information” and “mitigate threats” to elections. The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) says the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged its request seeking information on Pennsylvania’s collaboration with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), but claims it has received no documents or contact since then, according to court documents provided first to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
CASA’s FOIA request came following a March report by The Federalist that the Shapiro administration was collaborating with CISA as part of the task force, something not explicitly …
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