This "Being a fed agency means you can ignore the law" crap

needs to be stopped.  Not just at BATFEIEIO, but all agencies.
Judicial Watch's March 2015 FOIA request asked for all records of communications, including emails, to or from employees or officials of the ATF related to the proposed regulation change. According to the group's civil complaint, filed in U.S. District Court, the ATF did not formally acknowledge the FOIA request or assign it a number.
"If we pretend we didn't get it, we don't have to do anything, lalalalalalaIcan'thearyou!"