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WikiLeaks defectors starts new Web site for leaked information

donal brown February 8, 2011

After a falling out with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a number of his former colleagues have started a Web site that does not handle leaked documents but instead acts as a pipeline from leakers to the media and human rights organizations. The new organization hopes to forego the histrionics surrounding WikiLeaks, conduct itself with transparency and avoid stating personal and political preferences on the site. -db From The New York Times, February 6, 2011, by

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Federal judge orders release of searchable immigration database

donal brown February 8, 2011

A federal judge supported the efforts of two groups seeking information about a Immigration and Customs Enforcement that creates fingerprint databases used for deportation. The groups are contending that the program is error-prone. The agency sent the plaintiffs five unsearchable PDF files stripped of identifying data. In response, the judge ordered documents be sent by e-mail and files identified with file names, modified dates and other metadata.-db From Courthouse News Service, February 7, 2011, by

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Washington Redskins owner sues Washington, D.C. weekly for defamation

donal brown February 8, 2011

After criticism in a November article in the Washington City Paper, a weekly newspaper, Washington Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder choose to threaten litigation rather than ask for equal time or corrections and ultimately  filed a defamation suit against the newspaper. In a commentary in The New York Times, February 6, David Carr wrote, “Neither Mr. Snyder nor his executives ever got in touch with the newspaper or its editors, preferring to try to exercise

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Juror in gang case is contesting judge’s order to turn over Facebook posting

donal brown February 7, 2011

A Sacramento Superior Court judge gave a juror 10 days to comply with an order to turn over postings he made on Facebook last year during a trial concerning a gang beating. Lawyers for the Killa Mobb gang are asking for the postings to make sure that the juror was not biased. A lawyer for the juror Arturo Ramirez said that surrendering the postings would violate the privacy rights of his client and promised to

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Federal appeals court: Evangelist required to obtain permit to speak at college

donal brown February 7, 2011

The 11th Circuit federal appeals court denied a request from an evangelical preacher for an injunction allowing him to preach on a college campus without a permit. The preacher routinely speaks for four to six hours in busy areas on college campuses and was arrested for trespassing at Southern University in Georgia. The appeals court decision said the campus was a”limited public forum”: “There is no record evidence suggesting (nor has Bloedorn [the preacher] even

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