Last week, we at Free Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Department of Justice. The Federal Communications Commission--which regulates electronic communications by wire or air in the U.S.--had opened an inquiry into Net Neutrality. In the inquiry, the FCC asked for comments and provided a timetable for interested groups and companies to file comments and to reply to other groups. These "comments" are usually around 10 to 30 pages, written by lawyers, usually for different industries jockeying for rules that make them more money. At the same time, some citizen and consumer groups, like Free Press and its allies, also file, hoping to get policies benefitting the nation as a whole. More recently, average Americans have also become active on media policy issues, and file short comments with the FCC. In this Net Neutrality inquiry, thousands (many Free Press members) filed "comments," which consisted of their personal stories of how a free Internet helps them to support their families or keep in touch with loved ones.Six weeks after the comment period had ended, the DOJ filed its comments. Not only did the Commission surprisingly weigh in late, it also parroted the AT&T filings and the filings of all of the fake little organizations funded by AT&T, Verizon, and the anti-NN cartel. So we filed a request, under the Freedom of Information Act, for government records--like public calendars, emails, etc.--that would reveal whom the DOJ lawyers met with. Because so many of the DOJ senior staff have abruptly resigned in disgrace over one scandal or another, we had to ask for the calendars of several people.But we are pretty sure they didn't meet with us or any of the thousands of organizations supporting Net Neutrality. We fear the DOJ lawyers simply talked to their buddies over at AT&T--Alberto Gonzalez's buddies who have conspired with him to snoop on Americans. Something looked shady last week when we filed. Yesterday, the President appointed one of AT&T's long-time attorneys -- Peter Keisler --as Acting Attorney General. So what seemed like a goodbye gift from Gonzalez may have been a welcome gift from Kiesler... Here is our original press release: http://www.freepress.net/press/release.php?id=271