Government says ” publicity is a pollutant”

A new report from the Information Tribunal on a case about the Government refusing to say how often a particular committee meets says:

“Last week the Information Rights Tribunal rejected the government appeal, in a strongly worded judgment which described the Cabinet Office’s approach as “irresponsible”, its key witness as “evasive and disingenuous”, and her evidence as “of no value whatsoever”.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34813936

Several months ago, this is what an Information Tribunal said about East Devon District Council’s obstruction of information about meetings concerning the future of The Knowle:

“… Correspondence on behalf of the Council, rather than ensuring the Tribunal was assisted in its function, was at times discourteous and unhelpful including the statement that we had the most legible copies possible. A statement, which was clearly inaccurate as subsequently, we have been
provided with perfectly legible documents. …”

Spooky!