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Cuts in newspaper staffs reduce efforts for public access to courtrooms

donal brown September 1, 2009

Observers worry that cuts in newspaper legal budgets will mean fewer challenges to efforts to keep court proceedings secret. Historically, newspapers, small and large, have mounted access battles for the public’s benefit. -DB The New York Times September 1, 2009 By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON, D.C. – You don’t see newspapers fighting to open court proceedings the way they used to, and people are starting to notice. “The days of powerful newspapers with ample legal budgets appear

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Suit asks for records concerning warrantless searches of travelers’ laptops

donal brown August 27, 2009

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a Freedom of Information lawsuit in federal court to obtain records pertaining to the immigration and border policy of routinely searching traveler’s laptops. -DB Congress Daily August 26, 2009 The American Civil Liberties Union wants federal government records pertaining to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s policy of searching travelers’ laptops without suspicion of wrongdoing. The watchdog group filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wednesday in a New

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ACLU obtains document detailing CIA torture program

donal brown August 25, 2009

In response to an ACLU Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the government turned over documents describing the interrogation techniques used by the CIA as late as 2007. -DB American Civil Liberties Union Press Release August 24, 2009 NEW YORK – The government today handed over to the American Civil Liberties Union a detailed official description of the CIA’s interrogation program. That document, a December 2004 CIA background paper sent to the Justice Department’s Office of Legal

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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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