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Ousted USDA employee: I’ll sue blogger

FAC July 30, 2010

Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said yesterday that she would sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that she contends made her appear racist. July 30, 2010 By The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Sherrod was forced to resign last week as director of rural development in Georgia after Andrew Breitbart posted the edited video online. In the full video, Sherrod, who is black, spoke to a local NAACP

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Nev. high court tosses portion of state’s ethics law

FAC July 30, 2010

The Nevada Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional a portion of the state’s ethics law yesterday in a case involving Sparks Councilman Michael Carrigan. July 30, 201o By The Associated Press CARSON CITY, Nev. —The high court said the law the Nevada Ethics Commission relied on when it censured Carrigan for voting on the controversial Lazy 8 casino project in 2005 was overly broad and lacked “necessary limitations to its regulations of protected speech.” The

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Appeals court says posting of personal data is free speech

FAC July 30, 2010

A Virginia woman who protested the government’s perceived mismanagement of sensitive personal data by posting unredacted information from government documents online can continue her crusade, a federal appeals court has ruled. The Reporters Committee from Freedom of the Press July 30, 2010 By Cristina Abello Betty “B.J.” Ostergren, a self-proclaimed privacy rights advocate, created a website called The Virginia Watchdog to protest the availability of Virginians’ personal information on the Internet. On her website, she

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School boards ask federal judges to block employee free speech

FAC July 30, 2010

School boards are trying to reverse a federal court ruling banning administrators from controlling the free-speech rights of teachers and other school employees. California Watch July 30, 2010 By Corey G. Johnson According to a brief filed yesterday in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the California School Boards Association (CSBA) argue that public K to 12 schools need discretion to regulate their employees’ expressions in the workplace.

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Leaked Afghan war docs could spur crackdown on info access

FAC July 29, 2010

After the massive Afghan war data spill by Wikileaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening of access to information and more monitoring in the spy community’s lower levels. July 29, 2010 By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Call it the big information chill, looming across the military and intelligence communities. After the massive Afghan war data spill by Wikileaks, some veteran intelligence officers and experts are calling for a tightening

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