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Secrecy News says WikiLeaks may hurt transparency in the long run

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood argues that the WikiLeaks may cause a tightening down of information sharing rather than greater transparency as the governments passes more restrictions. -db Secrecy News Opinion December 6, 2010 By Steven Aftergood On December 3, I participated in an interesting, somewhat testy discussion about Wikileaks on the show Democracy Now along with Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com, who is a passionate defender of the project. The ultimate victory of Wikileaks (or something

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Federal government tells employees not to look at classified WikiLeak documents

The general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget issued a reminder to government employees and contractor that they had an obligation to maintain the secrecy of the classified information that WikiLeaks posted and should refrain from reading it. -db NextGov December 6, 2010 By Brian Kalish The White House and federal agencies reminded employees and contractors they should not view materials on government or personal computers that WikiLeaks posted because the materials remain

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Wired editor says WikiLeaks should receive First Amendment protection

Wired Editor-in-chief Evan Hansen argues that while WikiLeaks’ performance is far from perfect, the organization will strengthen rather than weaken democracy. -db Wired Commentary December 6, 2010 By Evan Hansen A truly free press — one unfettered by concerns of nationalism — is apparently a terrifying problem for elected governments and tyrannies alike. It shouldn’t be. In the past week, after publishing secret U.S. diplomatic cables, secret-spilling site WikiLeaks has been hit with denial-of-service attacks

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Oroville: Lame duck park district board allegedly made decisions before invited few

Critics are alleging that the Feather River Recreation and Park District’s held a special meeting to make key decisions in violation of the California’s open meeting law. They failed to inform the newly elected directors of the meeting or invite the local press. -db Oroville Mercury-Register December 7, 2010 By Mary Weston OROVILLE, Calif. — The Feather River Recreation and Park District held a special meeting Thursday before the three new board members were sworn

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Bay Area: Opposition alleges open meeting violation in vote on Marin-Sonoma passenger train

A group against a sales tax increase to fund the SMART passenger train has alleged that the SMART board violated an open meetings law by failing to make it clear in the agenda that they were voting on the first phase of the project. -db Marin Independent Journal December 6, 2010 By Mark Prado A group seeking to repeal the sales tax measure that funded the SMART passenger train is questioning the validity of a

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