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    Will mainstream media match Wikileaks’ technology for receiving leaked documents anonymously and securely? Not likely.

    […] of their communications with reporters, is an obvious benefit. Even more important is the media's desire to neutralize Wikileaks' advantage in the competition for access to sensitive government records. Wikileaks, on the strength of its promise of anonymity, has managed to insert itself as an intermediary between news sources and the news media, relegating […]

    May 14, 2011

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    Whining college students need lessons in tolerance and free speech

    […] so fearful of competing ideas? When did they become so emotionally frail that even the hint of criticism is seen as a hostile act from which they must be shielded (and for which perpetrators must be re-educated)? College students always say and do stupid things; it goes with the territory. But today’s students’ equating […]

    November 18, 2015

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    Shasta County Repeals Illegal Fee Law Following FAC and ACLU Demand

    […] California Supreme Court confirmed in 2020 that fees for ancillary costs like searching for and redacting records create an illegal financial barrier to transparency and accountability in government. After an investigation by FAC and ACLU, the organizations, representing news outlets Shasta Scout and the Record Searchlight, sent a letter to Shasta County to repeal […]

    May 22, 2024

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    FAC Suit Against CalPERS Seeks Records on Controversial E Palo Alto Real Estate Investment

    FAC---Monday July 19---The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today announced that it has sued CalPERS, the retirement system for California government workers, over access to records about the agency’s ill-fated investment in an East Palo Alto residential real estate development that has gone bust--at a loss to CalPERS of all of its $100 million stake […]

    July 20, 2010

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    Obama should just say ‘No’ to aides who, worried about FOIA, say he must give up beloved Blackberry

    […] degree of security. A further recommendation: He should promise to make public all his communications on the Blackberry going forward. Such a commitment would establish Obama’s open- government credentials while earning him considerable capital with the news media. Moreover, the contrast with Capitol Hill secrecy could be used to put pressure on Congress to […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Now Hiring: FAC Legal Fellow

    […] journalists and others, with a particular focus on those in traditionally underserved communities. FAC’s legal work is focused on enhancing public access to federal, state and local government records and proceedings and protecting the First Amendment rights of free speech and press. FAC also works to provide legal assistance to journalists served with subpoenas […]

    October 14, 2021

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    Now Hiring: 2023 Legal Fellow

    […] to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment protections for all. The Legal Fellow will report to […]

    September 9, 2022

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    New “drone memo” to be released to FAC . . . and other developments in FAC’s legal cases

    The US Justice Department has advised FAC that it plans to release a second redacted memo analyzing the legality of the government’s proposed use of force to kill al-Aulaqi, a US citizen who had joined Al Qaeda and taken on operational functions for Al-Qaeda’s  operations in Yemen. Al-Aulaqi was subsequently killed in a 2010 […]

    July 11, 2014