Federal Recruiter Called Off FOIA Request Into Gifted Program Within Minutes of Scientist's Compliance

What was said

"I was recruited 4 days after I filed a FOIA to try to get information about that program. I got a note from the FOIA people saying, 'Are you sure you want us to continue this FOIA request?' I said maybe not. And then 3 minutes later, I got a call from the recruiter saying, 'OK, you've passed to the next level.'"

Mossbridge described suspicious timing when a federal government recruiter contacted her days after she filed a Freedom of Information Act request about childhood gifted programs, then advanced her security clearance within minutes of her withdrawing the request. She claims all participants in her support group for former gifted program students had parents who worked for either the federal government or public school system.