MATTHEW CAMPBELL
Mary Hennigan

Matt Campbell, a lawyer whose Blue Hog Report blog site is more famous than ever now thanks to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, has found out the names of the guests on all those state-financed airplane trips by Sanders. And despite the guv's claims, none of the info exposes a security threat to anyone, much less her kids.

In a series of social media posts late Monday, Campbell started by saying he had actually finally been able to read the improperly redacted details on Arkansas State Police records he had actually formerly acquired under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, which is now under attack by Sanders and some Republican lawmakers. He was able to do so with a little technological assistance from a buddy by "simply changing the background color of the cells on the excel spreadsheet ASP produced," Campbell stated.

Not remarkably, the records show Sanders' ever-clingy husband, Bryan Sanders, and their kids on what Campbell states was "plainly personal travel" at state expenditure. Other passengers at times consisted of more less-than-exciting names, such as gubernatorial team member to Republican House Speaker Matt Shepherd and Arkansas State Police personnel.

Honestly, there are few, if any, surprises or juicy information in these findings. What's overwhelming is that the state police picked to break the law they're expected to uphold and instead illegally redacted this public info. More disturbing is that Sanders went crazy and called a pricey unique legal session to gut the FOI Act over such silliness. Nothing about these disclosures endangers anybody's security.
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Here's one list of flight info Campbell accessed. Bear in mind that the flight was long back-- February. We can be sure the flight won't be endangered since of this disclosure.

Flight 2: February 28, to El Dorado to provide an award at this event:

Sarah, Bryan, Matt Shepherd, Alexa Henning, Gretchen Conger, and "R. Scott" (likely ASP corporal Richard Scott).

Not one of those individuals should have been redacted. https://t.co/sTYIs16bWZ pic.twitter.com/CnZbHfiGKB.

—-- Matt Campbell (@BlueHogReport) September 11, 2023.

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While attending today's legal proceedings, state police spokeswoman Cindy Murphy said the now-unredacted files are genuine as far as she knows. I've emailed her looking for further comment.

Campbell's tweets also raise concerns about the precision of some of the flight logs. For instance, he noted that a Feb. 23 trip to Monticello notes no travelers. However, Campbell composed, "We know there were travelers, since we have a redacted e-mail from her [ the guv's] people with a list on it.".

Talking to a state legal committee today, Mike Hagar, the state cops director, said the agency has constantly released flight logs however not operational information. He contended security risks might originate from information exposing who was not on a flight in addition to who was. Sanders is utilizing the aircraft a portion of the amount used by past gubernatorial administrations, he said.
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Hagar obviously believes he can check out minds in addition to flight logs. Those submitting FOI demands simply want that info to humiliate the guv, he stated. State authorities don't care about info that may embarrass her, he said. Security details is what they wish to secure, he said.

Still, Hagar acknowledged, "I do not believe for a 2nd he [Campbell] is a physical risk to the guv.".

Hagar said, "We can not have those records out there to where anyone can look at them who have more ominous inspirations than just attempting to embarrass her.".

" There are individuals out there who are going to take that details.

" She's a polarizing figure. We get lots of hazards," Hagar stated.

I've asked Campbell for talk about the recent developments as well.