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Opinion: First Amendment lawyer argues for open trials at Guantanamo Bay

donal brown April 19, 2012

The country would be well served if the military judge at Guantanamo Bay would open the tribunals trying terrorism suspects, writes First Amendment lawyer David A. Schulz. Schulz argues that open trials would provide public acceptance of verdicts, accountability for those trying the cases and and democratic oversight. -db From a commentary for The New York Times, April 18, 2012, by David A. Schulz. Full story  

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Military judge dodges issue of media access to prison treatment of key terrorist

donal brown April 16, 2012

A military judge delayed ruling on whether the press could have access to testimony about the prison treatment of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri charged with leading the USS Cole bombing in 2000 which killed 17. The CIA admitted waterboarding al-Nashiri and threatening him with a handgun and power drill. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 13, 2012, by Rachel Bunn. Full story  

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Government indicts former CIA officer for leaks of classfied information to journalists

donal brown January 24, 2012

The Justice Department  is charging a former intelligence officer with leaking classified information to a journalist. The leaks included the names of covert officers and their work in apprehending terrorist suspects. The officer is charged with divulging to a New York Times reporter the contact information and details of activities of a covert CIA operative. -db From The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, January 23, 20112, by Andrea Papagianis. Full story  

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U.S. diplomat suspended for publishing book criticizing Iraq war policy

donal brown October 31, 2011

The Obama administration suspended Foreign Services Officer Peter Van Buren for his book critical of the State Department operations in Iraq. Van Buren also installed a link to WikiLeaks on his blog. “No one was particularly concerned about what we were doing, how much money we were spending, and the results of our endeavors,”  Van Buren said of his experiences in Iraq in a speech to the National Press Club last week. From The Talk

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Challenge to federal appeals court’s extending Espionage Act to unclassified info

donal brown October 13, 2011

An effort is underway to challenge a federal court ruling that extended the application of the Espionage Act to unclassified, non-governmental information. An attorney for a man convicted on charges of economic espionage filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals claiming the conviction for “gathering national defense information” was unjust in that none of the information was classified or even held by the government. -db From Secrecy News, October 13, 2011, by

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