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Two civil liberties groups file motion to challenge WikiLeaks probe

donal brown February 9, 2011

The Electronic Freedom Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to challenge the Justice Department’s  attempt to obtain the Twitter records of a former WikiLeaks associate. Among others, the U.S. government is is targeting Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of Iceland’s parliament. Jonsdottir was one of two people who helped Wikileaks prepare a classified military video published last April by the site. -db From Wired, February 8, 2011, By Kim Zetter. Full Story

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Open government advocate applauds official’s leak of U.S. post-war support of Nazis

donal brown November 16, 2010

Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News says that a comparison of the redacted report with the one released to the public shows that it was proper for an official to leak the complete text of the report showing that the U.S. gave Nazis safe haven after World War II. -db Secrecy News Opinion November 16, 2010 By Steven Aftergood In a revealing failure of Administration commitments to transparency, an official history of the U.S. government’s post-war

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Telcos losing ground in attempts to withhold records of their lobbying government in warrantless spying case

donal brown October 13, 2009

A federal district judge ruled September 24 that the government had to release the names of telecom employees who lobbied the Justice Department and White House to legislation to grant them legal immunity in their warrantless spying on American citizens. The White House is appealing the decision. -DB Wired October 8, 2009 By Ryan Singel AT&T was the first of many telcos sued for helping the NSA spy on Americans without warrants The Department of

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