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Riverside: Avocacy group for day laborers sues for police records

donal brown August 11, 2009

The National Day Laborer Organizing Network sued the Riverside Police Department to secure complete arrest records for undocumented immigrants. -DB The Press-Enterprise August 4, 2009 By Sonja Bjelland PDF: Writ of mandate filed by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network A day laborer group has sued the Riverside Police Department for records about the agency’s arrests of undocumented immigrants. The National Day Laborer Organizing Network first requested the documents in May and did not receive all

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Court denies access to wiretaps of ex-Governor Spitzer

donal brown August 11, 2009

A federal appeals court ruled that prosecutors may withhold records of wiretaps about the beginnings of the investigation into a prostitution ring that resulted in the resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. -DB The New York Times August 8, 2009 By Benjamin Weiser Prosecutors do not have to release secret court records relating to wiretaps that might have offered more details about how the investigation of the prostitution ring that ensnared former Gov. Eliot Spitzer

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Obama appeals to Supreme Court to overturn order to release torture photos

donal brown August 11, 2009

The Obama administration has asked the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling for the release of photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press August 10, 2009 By Corinna Zarek The Obama administration formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to overturn a lower court decision requiring the relase of the controversial “torture photos” — images depicting abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. Last

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Obama administration sought to weaken whistleblower legislation

donal brown August 10, 2009

Leaked e-mails show that White House lawyers drafted versions of the whistleblower legislation that weakened protections for some whistle blowers including FBI employees. -DB The Washington Times August 7, 2009 By Tom LoBianco Despite its pledge to better protect federal employees who expose wrongdoing, the Obama administration privately sought to weaken protections for national security whistleblowers under legislation making its way through Congress, according to correspondence obtained by The Washington Times. E-mails that documented the White

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California one of few states requiring timely reporting of medical errors

donal brown August 10, 2009

After errors causing the deaths of two patients, in 2007 California passed tough laws backed by substantial fines requiring hospitals to promptly report serious medical errors. California is one of only five states with laws requiring public reporting of errors including the health facilities responsible. -DB San Francisco Chronicle August 9, 2009 By Lance Williams In the summer of 2005, a 12-year-old girl with pneumonia died at the Kaiser hospital in Santa Clara when nurses accidentally

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