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Does Wikileaks deserve Dan Ellsberg’s approval? The good Wikileaks, yes; the bad Wikileaks, no

Peter Scheer November 1, 2010

BY PETER SCHEER—Although the anti-war movement of the 1960s has few heroes still standing,  Daniel Ellsberg, the former defense analyst who leaked a secret history of the Vietnam War that became known as the Pentagon Papers, is surely one. As such, Ellsberg’s full-throated support for  Wikileaks, delivered as it dumped on the internet nearly 400,000 classified documents about the Iraq War, must have come as a welcome endorsement for the rogue website. Does Wikileaks deserve

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SF Weekly’s corporate parent sued for ‘sex trafficking’ on company’s classified ads site

Peter Scheer October 1, 2010

SF Weekly’s corporate parent has been sued for “sex trafficking” by a teenage girl who was forced into prostitution at age 14. The plaintiff says her pimp solicited business for her through ads placed in the adult services section of Backstage.com, the national classifieds site of Village Voice Media, owner of SF Weekly, LA Weekly, the Village Voice and other alternative weekly newspapers.-PS The parent company of the SF Weekly is being sued by a

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Schwarzenegger vetoes bill to extend FOI law to UC and CSU foundations & auxiliaries. Gov says bill would deter some donors from giving

Peter Scheer October 1, 2010

Governor Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have applied the state’s Public Records Act to fundraising foundations  affiliated with UC and CSU campuses. Although the bill would have restricted disclosure for anonymous donors to the universities, the Governor claimed those restrictions were not sufficient to satisfy some donors.-PS Central Valley Business Times A bill that would require the various foundations and other types of auxiliaries that are closely associated with California State University and

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FAC posts online confidential CalPERS’ docs ordered released by Court

Peter Scheer September 27, 2010

The First Amendment Coalition has posted on the internet more than 1,700 CalPERS documents relating to an East Palo Alto real estate investment in which CalPERS lost all of its $100 million investment.  The records–which include the partnership agreement, offering memorandum and email exchanges about the failed investment—were ordered released by the Superior Court in San Francisco. The documents have been released in two sets, one on September 24 and the second on September 30.

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First Amendment Kiss-Off: Judge Judith Bartnoff

Peter Scheer September 22, 2010

A First Amendment Kiss-off to Judge Judith Bartnoff. The Washington, DC Superior Court judge must have missed school the day her law school class learned about the First Amendment. In a recent case involving a dispute between a law firm and its former client, the judge issued a TRO forbidding a legal newspaper, the National Law Journal, from publishing information about a Federal Trade Commission investigation of the client, even though the newspaper had obtained

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