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Supreme Court supports move to withhold photos of abused detainees

donal brown November 30, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision of a federal appeals court to require the Pentagon to release photos of showing torture of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. -DB Jurist November 30, 2009 By Jay Carmella The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday vacated and remanded a decision  by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that required the Pentagon to release photos of abused detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Court remanded Dept.

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Courts consider distinction between hyperbole and real threat

donal brown November 30, 2009

This week two courts will hear arguments on whether particular threats should be considered the protected speech of hyperbolic rhetoric or taken as real threats. -DB First Amendment Law Prof Blog November 24, 2009 By Kathleen Bergin Upcoming trials test the boundary between ‘true threats’ and hyperbolic on-line speech The trial of Hal Turner is scheduled to begin on December 1 in Brooklyn, NY. He’s the man accused of making threats on his website against

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News media asks Supreme Court to review rules prohibiting death row interviews

donal brown November 30, 2009

Twenty-three news organizations have asked the Supreme Court to review federal rules prohibiting in-person interviews that block inmates from informing the press of treatment and conditions. -DB Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Press Release November 25, 2009 The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review federal rules that prohibit in-person interviews with death row inmates and ban the inmates from telling

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Obama administration working to derail declassification order

donal brown November 30, 2009

The Obama administration wants to delay an order to declassify historical records at least 25 years old to allow government agencies time to review the records. -DB Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists Commentary November 23, 2009 By Steven Aftergood Development of a new executive order on classification of national security information is now proceeding at an accelerated pace in order to preempt a deadline that would require the declassification of millions of pages of historical

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Bay Guardian reports SF police seizing DJ’s laptops

FAC November 25, 2009

Controversial tactic of taking laptops even when DJs not charged with crime  reportedly condoned by San Francisco’s new chief of police. EEF attorney steps in to help protect DJs privacy, get computers back. San Francisco Bay Guardian Police seize DJs’ laptops New police chief apparently condones policy that critics call illegal and punitive By Joshua Emerson Smith news@sfbg.com San Francisco Police Department officers have added a controversial tactic to their aggressive raids on house parties

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