Writer files Freedom of Information Act request for Obama's "Game of Thrones" screeners
TV critics were already pretty incensed when they learned that HBO wouldn't be providing advance screeners of new "Game of Thrones" episodes this season, so learning that President Barack Obama had been sent some -- after making a personal request to the show's producers -- some were downright livid.
One, in fact, was inspired to take action.
"When the commander-in-chief says 'I want to see advanced episodes,' what are you going to do?" showrunner David Benioff said at the new season's premiere.
What one writer at Refinery29 was going to do, apparently, was file a Freedom of Information Act request to get her hands on the screeners as well.
"I decided this was a perfect opportunity to test the limits of the Freedom Of Information Act. If the president -- and by extension, our government -- is in possession of a file, surely that file is subject to my request to see it as a U.S. citizen," Vanessa Golembewski wrote.
Of course, given that the new season premieres Sunday night, she may be putting a little too much faith in the expediency of the U.S. government.