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Former National Security Agency official indicted for providing classified information on agency’s flawed modernization program

donal brown April 15, 2010

A federal grand jury indicted a former National Security Agency official for leaking government records to a reporter relating to the agency’s failings to upgrade its systems to more efficiently sort the huge amount of data gathered from e-mails, phone calls and other electronic communications. First Amendment advocates fear the indictment will have a chilling effect on reporters and sources exposing maters of great interest to the public.  -db The New York Times April 15,

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Financial site appeals court ban on bank ‘hot news’ stock recommendations

donal brown April 15, 2010

Suffering a loss of subscribers, a financial newsletter is asking a court to rescind its order for the site to stop publishing early morning stock recommendations. The newsletter claimed its First Amendment right was violated since the early morning news was reported on other sites and in the public domain. -db Online Media Daily April 14, 2010 By Wendy Davis The financial newsletter TheFlyonthewall.com says that it’s losing subscribers due to a court order banning

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Library of Congress to make Twitter posts available to public

donal brown April 15, 2010

The Library of Congress is launching am ambitious effort to acquire and archive all public Twitter posts starting from the beginning of Twitter in 2006. It will collect more than 50 million Tweets a day and make them available to the public after a six-month period. -db NextGov April 14, 2010 By Emily Long The Library of Congress announced on Wednesday it will acquire and archive all public Twitter posts starting from the site’s inception

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Office worker claims school fired her for reporting administrator’s sexting a student

donal brown April 15, 2010

A Phoenix high school office worker is suing her former school in federal court, claiming the administration fired her for her role in reporting a vice principal who was later arrested for sexually exploiting a minor. -db Courthouse News Service April 15, 2010 By Jamie Ross PHOENIX (CN) – An office worker claims Buckeye Union High School fired her for reporting that an assistant principal was “sexting” an underage student. The administrative assistant says she

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California: Federal panel refuses to reverse order forcing anti-prop 8 alliance to produce campaign materials

donal brown April 15, 2010

Groups that campaigned against Prop 8, the California initiative that banned same-sex marriage, lost a court battle to block release of their campaign materials. -db Courthouse News Service April 14, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – The 9th Circuit said it lacks jurisdiction to overturn a federal judge’s order forcing gay marriage advocacy groups to turn over their Proposition 8 campaign materials. Equality California, No on Proposition 8 and the Campaign for Marriage Equality appealed

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