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    The connection between drone strikes and massive government surveillance programs

    First came news accounts of the government’s use of armed drones in the targeted killing of terrorists abroad. Then came the revelations about government surveillance programs, breathtaking in their scale, tapping into data on phone calls, emails, internet searches and more. These activities are, in fact, linked. The use of drones to target America’s […]

    June 8, 2013

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    Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

    […] today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke and Teresa Wang of the LA office of Akin Gump to defend local government open-meeting laws, like California’s Brown Act, from a potentially devastating national legal challenge. Rangra v. Brown is a rehearing of an appellate decision that struck down […]

    September 11, 2009

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    Special Commentary | You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

    In a landmark settlement, the federal government was forced to concede that there is no border exception to this First Amendment right. Note: In April 2022, the First Amendment Coalition joined the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties as co-counsel to help enforce the landmark settlement protecting the right to record at the […]

    June 9, 2022

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    Leaks in the Age of Trump–The Coming Flood

    […] quarry for the conventional press, he is likely to  be a never-ending font of leak-inspired journalism.   Chaos begets dissension, and dissension within the close ranks of government bureaucracy leads, inevitably, to leaks.   Career public servants ignored by the boss will try to find someone else to tell.  Reporters who don’t get their calls […]

    January 4, 2017

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    Joint Statement from FAC and EFF on DOJ Leaks Investigations

    […] this threat to transparency is particularly grave." Sessions also raised the specter that the Justice Department will roll back internal DOJ protections against the overzealous use of government subpoenas against journalists, saying DOJ is "reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas." Current DOJ policies, substantially revamped in 2015 under then-Attorney General Eric Holder, recognize the critical […]

    August 4, 2017

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    It starts again: A Washington, DC judge has ordered 5 journalists to name their confidential sources for stories about the anthrax letters of 2001

    By Peter Scheer Just when you thought it was safe again for journalists to talk to confidential sources inside government, a federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered five prominent reporters---Allan Lengel of the Washington Post; Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, both of Newsweek; Toni Locy, formerly of USA Today; and James Stewart of […]

    June 3, 2009

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    FAC Names Leading California Media Figures to Board of Directors

    […] reporter, Washington correspondent, deputy Op-Ed editor and international news editor. Chan began his career in July 2000 as a reporter at the Washington Post, reporting on local government, education and social services. He has also written for the Wall Street Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer. A native New Yorker, Chan grew up in an […]

    November 12, 2020

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    Are Myths Killing the Newspaper Business?

    […] cards. Q. That’s it? A. No. There’re a couple of other things that come out of my years as a lawyer for news organizations. I don’t think government financial support for journalism is a good idea, but there are some government actions that might ease somewhat the pressure on newspapers. Here are a few […]

    February 24, 2010

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    Amicus Briefs Digest, Sept. 2017

    […] of Appeal, authored by Reporters Committee. In an argument that perhaps only a lawyer could love (but which is actually quite important), the brief argues that the government may not charge all costs for collecting and assembling electronic records, but rather are limited to the "costs of duplication" they are permitted to charge for […]

    September 27, 2017