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Opinion: Obama’s performance flawed on First Amendment issues

donal brown April 3, 2012

While pledging to become the most transparent government in history, the Obama administration has fallen far short of that lofty promise. They made some strides in releasing some files and documents  such as the torture memos but have been secretive about domestic spying. They have also been criticized for prosecuting whistleblowers under the Espionage Act and for denying lobbyists access to the administration on the stimulus bill’s allocations. -db From a commentary for the First

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Opinion: Security chief denies domestic spying but evidence contradicts

donal brown March 22, 2012

National Security Agency chief General Keith Alexander denied in a House subcommittee hearing that his agency spied on Americans without a court order. That denial runs counter to statements by former NSA employees who worked on the agency’s domestic spying infrastructure says James Bamford in a commentary in Wired. From a commentary in Wired, March 21, 2012, by James Bamford. Full story  

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Federal judge rules against New York Times in withholding of records of FBI terrorism investigations

donal brown November 10, 2011

A federal judge ruled that the FBI could withhold data from its terrorism investigations from a New York Times investigative reporter. The judge said The New York Times had not rebutted the FBI’s statement that they had fulfilled requests made under the Freedom of Information Act except for that under FOIA exemption. -db From the Courthouse News Service, November 10, 2011, by Adam Klasfeld. Full story  

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Senators charge public deceived by government on justification for domestic spying

donal brown September 22, 2011

Two Democratic senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the Justice Department of misleading the public on legal justification of domestic spying under the Patriot Act. The DOJ denied that they provided any misleading information. The senators  are concerned about Section 215 of the Patriot Act that allows a secret national security court to enable the F.B.I. to obtain “any tangible things” in a national security investigation including  customer information like hotel or credit card

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2nd Circuit: Federal court allows challenge to warrantless surveillance

donal brown September 22, 2011

The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for a second time that a suit could proceed that challenged a Congressional law allowing the National Security Agency to electronically spy on citizens without a probable-cause warrant. The case may finally come to trial unless the Obama administration uses the state secrets privilege to kill the lawsuit. Federal judges have not often ruled against the government in those instances. -db From Wired, September 21, 2011, by

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