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Fired Omaha police employee loses free speech case

donal brown October 26, 2010

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court decision ruling that an Omaha public safety auditor had not shown that she was speaking as a citizen when she criticized the police force. -db Omaha World-Herald October 21, 2010 By Bob Glissmann Tristan Bonn, who was fired four years ago from her job as the City of Omaha’s public safety auditor, has lost an appeal in which she alleged that the city unlawfully retaliated against her and

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Northern California newspaper sued for invading privacy of seven-year-old

donal brown October 26, 2010

A guardian of a seven-year-old boy severely beaten by a brother and sister close to his father filed a claim against the Redding Record Searchlight for publishing the boy’s name and causing him such distress that he is asking for a name change. -db Courthouse News Service October 26, 2010 By Tish Kraft REDDING, Calif. (CN) – Against the advice of its own attorney, the Redding Record Searchlight, a Scripps newspaper, published the name of

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Free speech: Federal judge dismisses as premature anti-gay marriage group’s challenge to New York election law

donal brown October 26, 2010

The National Organization for Marriage lost its first skirmish in challenging the constitutionality of a New York law to expedite their bid to run ads favoring gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. NOM says the law potentially violates the group’s free speech rights by creating too many burdens to running the ads. -db On Top Magazine October 26, 2010 By On Top Magazine Staff The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) cannot run ads supporting New York GOP

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Secrecy News: Wikileaks report on Iraq useful in revealing scale and horror of civilian casualties

donal brown October 25, 2010

While previously critical of Wikileaks for its irresponsible disclosure of some classified documents from the Afghan war, Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood says that the Iraq war documents released on October 22 provide valuable insight into the war particularly on civilian casualties. -db Secrecy News Commentary October 25, 2010 By Steven Aftergood Thousands of previously unrecognized civilian casualties of the war in Iraq were documented in a collection of classified U.S. military records that were published

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Washington Post challenges Congressional barriers to disclosure of sales of guns used in crimes

donal brown October 25, 2010

The Washington Post is publishing a series of stories that breaches the limits established by Congress on information of sales of guns used to commit crimes. -db Secrecy News Commentary October 25, 2010 By Steven Aftergood The Washington Post is publishing a rather spectacular series of stories this week tracing the flow of guns through American society and their use in criminal activity. The Post series directly challenges — and partially overcomes — the barriers

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