Nov 13 Reports
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Two shootings, two separate public university responses–will the public demand the transparency it deserves?
UVA commissioned two reports on the 2022 shooting that killed three of its students, then released them so heavily redacted that large stretches are unreadable. In fact, roughly fifty pages across the…
Disassembling the Post’s Latest Hit Piece
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Who leaked police-cam videos meant to embarrass Bert Ellis to <em>The Washington Post</em>? If we knew the answer to that, we could get a clearer view of the behind-the-scenes power play to shape the future of the University of Virginia.</p>
Redacted
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">After more than a year of delays, the University of Virginia has finally released two reports ordered by the Attorney General — one detailing the <a target="_blank" href="https://nov13reports.virginia.edu/sites/nov13reports/files/2025-03/Vinson-Elkins-Redacted-Report.pdf"><u>University Police Department (UPD) response</u></a> to the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting at UVA, and one reviewing the failure of the <a target="_blank" href="https://nov13reports.virginia.edu/sites/nov13reports/files/2025-03/Quinn_Emanuel_Redacted_Report.pdf"><u>University’s Threat Assessment Team (TAT)</u></a>, despite abundant red flags, to prevent the tragedy.</p>
Fog and Shadows
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Decision-making at the University of Virginia is shrouded in secrecy — and leadership is just fine with that.</p>
UVA Shooter Report Delayed… Again
We knew the $1.5 million, taxpayer-funded Attorney General report on the circumstances surrounding the November 13, 2022, triple murder at UVA would be delayed past the promised release date next month —…
One Man’s Fight For Transparency
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">My FOIA journey began in 2021, soon after the University of Virginia released its “free speech” statement. I was disappointed with it, thinking it lukewarm and empty of enforcement — a fig leaf resulting from the alumni outcry arising out of the poor handling of the F--- UVA Lawn door.</p>
Release the Report, President Ryan – What Are You Hiding?
<p style="text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">It’s time for UVA officials to release the Attorney General’s report into the university actions leading up to the shooting, which resulted in the deaths of three UVA football players.</p><p style="text-align: start; ; white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">That’s what UVA leadership promised. Now it’s time to make good on that promise.</p>
What Viewpoint Diversity Looks Like at the University of Virginia
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">A review of upcoming events at the University of Virginia shows vividly how UVA has become an intellectual monoculture that explores only ideas that fall within a narrow partisan and ideological range.</p>
Look What UVA is Hiding
<p>Acting on behalf of The Jefferson Council, Walter Smith has filed a complaint in Henrico County against the University of Virginia, seeking a remedy for its refusal to supply documents under the Freedom of Information Act.</p>
“Who Exactly Is the University of Virginia Protecting?”
by James A. BaconA week ago The Jefferson Council publicly questioned the decision to withhold publication of the investigation into the University’s failure to prevent the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting. We…
Will the Public Ever Get to See the Mass-Shooting Report?
The University of Virginia will delay a release of an external investigation into the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting that resulted in three deaths and two woundings until after the trial of…
Anti-Jewish Extremism at UVa — Next Steps
by James C. SherlockThe University of Virginia has made quite a national name for itself over the responses of its campus anti-Jewish extremists to the slaughter of babies in Israel.It is not…
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