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U.S. government looking to charge Wikileaks founder with espionage

donal brown November 30, 2010

The Justice Department and Pentagon are investigating possible charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for violating the Espionage Act of 1917 in releasing hundreds of classified documents. -db Washington Post November 30, 2010 By Ellen Nakashima and Jerry Markon Federal authorities are investigating whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange violated criminal laws in the group’s release of government documents, including possible charges under the Espionage Act, sources familiar with the inquiry said Monday. Attorney General Eric

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Critic of San Jose city council ordered to stay away from officials

donal brown November 29, 2010

A California state court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling that requires a city hall critic to stay 300 yards away from city officials. He is still allowed to attend public city council meetings. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise November 29, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang The Sixth District Court of Appeal has rejected a First Amendment challenge to injunctions requiring a civic gadfly to stay 300 yards away from the mayor of San Jose, members of

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U.S. agency orders scrutiny of procedures for protecting sensitive information afterWikileaks release of classified documents

donal brown November 29, 2010

The Office of Management and Budget has asked all U.S. agency and department heads to evaluate procedures for protecting classified data in the wake of this weekend’s Wikileaks release of classified government documents. -db Computerworld November 29, 2010 By Jaikumar Vijayan The release of thousands of pages of classified U.S. government information over the weekend by whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks prompted an order to all federal agencies by the White House Office of Management and

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Gulf oil spill: Federal government forced to subpoena Transocean safety records

donal brown November 29, 2010

The federal government reached its limit in patience and issued subpoenas for 12 years of safety records from Transocean after this year’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -db Courthouse News Service November 29, 2010 By Sabrina Canfield NEW ORLEANS (CN) – The United States says Transocean has blown off its demands for safety audits of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, whose explosion set off the worst oil spill in U.S.

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First Amendment lawyer criticizes arrest of reporters at demonstrations

donal brown November 29, 2010

The Executive Director of the First Amendment Center argues that the recent arrest of two reporters covering a protest at Fort Benning in Georgia is but the latest such arrest, a practice that should not be tolerated as an affront to basic freedoms of speech, the press, and assembly, core principles in the Constitution and the foundations of democracy. -db First Amendment Center Commentary November 29, 2010 By Gene Policinski The First Amendment is not

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