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Secret report says Wikileaks a security threat to army

donal brown March 16, 2010

A classified intelligence report published on Wikileaks calls the site a “threat to the U.S. Army” and says it publishes information gained from leakers in the Defense Department or government that could be used to target military personnel. The report recommends identifying the leakers to end the threat to U.S. forces. -db Wired March 15, 2010 By David Kravets Wikileaks presents a “threat to the U.S. Army” and publishes “potentially actionable information” for targeting military

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Public sides with Obama on tiff with Supreme Court over corporation money in elections

donal brown March 16, 2010

With the polls showing that 80 percent of the public is against unleashing special interest money in elections, analysts suggest that the president and others may have some leeway in stemming the effect of the Supreme Court’s  recent decision allowing unrestricted spending for and against political candidates. -db The Atlanta Journal-Constitution March 15, 2010 By Cynthia Tucker The political process is already awash in money and lobbyists who have the ear of members of Congress,

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Student body government at California university reinstates funding for student media

donal brown March 15, 2010

The student government of the University of California, San Diego ended its moratorium on funding student media. The student body president had unilaterally decreed a funding freeze to head off  “hateful speech” and divisions among students after an off-campus event thought by many to be racist. -db FIRE Commentary March 11, 2010 SAN DIEGO —In a victory for freedom of the press on campus, the student government of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) voted

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Mississippi school stressed over idea of gays at prom

donal brown March 15, 2010

A Mississippi high school could not legally ban a gay couple from the prom so it just cancelled the event altogether. With the help of the ACLU, the student who wanted to invite a girlfriend to the prom is suing the school for violating her First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. -db ACLU Opinion March 11, 2010 By Sam Ritchie In the era of Will & Grace, Portia & Ellen andNeil & John, it’s

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First Amendment: Federal court allows Nevada to ban brothel ads

donal brown March 15, 2010

A federal appeals court ruled that the state of Nevada could regulate brothel ads under the First Amendment owing to the unique social and legal characteristics of prostitution. -db Courthouse News Service March 10, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – Legal brothels in Nevada cannot publicly advertise under the protection of the First Amendment because prostitution is a “vice” with unique social and legal characteristics that must be regulated by the state, the 9th Circuit

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