Hiding documents, blaming clerks a tried and true Canadian Forces-DND tactic from the 1990s

The news that senior officers at National Defence headquarters are hiding documents requested under the Access to Information law is like a journey into the past for us few journalists who have covered the Canadian Forces over the decades.
As I reported earlier this week, Department of National Defence officials tried to blame a clerk for failing to challenge the military’s top legal officials in the Judge Advocate General’s Office who had claimed a report requested under the Access