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Obama administration urges bypassing Freedom of Information Act to contact agencies directly

donal brown November 16, 2010

Obama administration officials are saying that obtaining government documents through the FOIA is necessarily a lengthy process and contacting government officials directly would yield better results. -db NextGov November 15, 2010 By Aliya Sternstein The White House’s open government leader said Americans should not bother filing requests for government documents under the Freedom of Information Act and instead should contact open government officials at agencies who can post or e-mail the materials faster. Beth Noveck,

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Secrecy News: Wikileaks report on Iraq useful in revealing scale and horror of civilian casualties

donal brown October 25, 2010

While previously critical of Wikileaks for its irresponsible disclosure of some classified documents from the Afghan war, Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood says that the Iraq war documents released on October 22 provide valuable insight into the war particularly on civilian casualties. -db Secrecy News Commentary October 25, 2010 By Steven Aftergood Thousands of previously unrecognized civilian casualties of the war in Iraq were documented in a collection of classified U.S. military records that were published

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Commentator sees double standard in federal approach to prosecuting disclosures of classified information

donal brown October 19, 2010

Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News writes that in both the Bush and Obama presidencies leaks of classified information are tolerated so long as they originate from in-house sources rather than from administration critics. -db Secrecy News Commentary October 19, 2010 By Steven Aftergood It seems that some disclosures of classified information can lead a person to poverty, ignominy and a jail sentence, while others provide a royal road to fame and fortune. Some leaks are

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WikiLeaks slams Wired in denying plans to release Iraq war documents

donal brown October 19, 2010

A Wired reporter says the publication stands by its story based on interviews with former WikiLeaks employees that WikiLeaks is preparing to release a database of nearly 40,000 Iraq military documents. -db Wired Commentary October 18, 2010 By Kevin Poulsen We interrupt our regular coverage to address a rare dispatch from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that crossed the WikiLeaks Twitter feed this morning. In it, Assange slams Wired.com, and this writer in particular, for what

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ACLU asks for more transparency in disclosing legal rulings on federal surveillance

donal brown October 5, 2010

The American Civil Liberties Union has commented on new rules by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court regarding public access to court records by asking the FISC to disclose records of significant rulings. -db American Civil Liberties Union Press Release October 4, 2010 NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today submitted comments on new rules recently proposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) regarding public disclosure of court records. The ACLU urged the

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