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Opinion: Tabloid use of illegal tactics should deprive it of First Amendment protection

donal brown July 20, 2011

A former tabloid reporter says the tabloids are mired in illegal conduct so dependent on it that they could not compete with the mainstream press without it. Tabloids routinely practice bribery and extortion along with other borderline activities. In an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, Jeffrey Scott Shapiro says, “Although the law provides us with the tools we need to punish crimes related to free speech, the judicial system is too quick to bow

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Federal court says FBI and CIA must produce documents on Oklahoma City bombing sought under FOIA

donal brown May 19, 2011

A federal judge has ordered the FBI and CIA to to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request filed by a attorney seeking documents on the  Oklahoma City bombing. After the bombing, the attorney’s  brother, who sported a dragon tattoo similar to that of an unidentified accomplice in the bombing, was detained in federal prison.  Authorities said he committed suicide in solitary confinement. -db From the Courthouse News Service, May 18, 2011, by Jonny

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Memphis newspaper sues FBI for records on civil rights spy

donal brown November 8, 2010

The Memphis Commercial Appeal is suing the FBI for records about a photographer who was “advising the government of the plans and activities of civil rights leaders” in the 1960s. -db Courthouse News Service November 8, 2010 By Ryan Abbott WASHINGTON (CN) – The Memphis Commercial Appeal sued the FBI, saying the Bureau is unreasonably withholding information on the late Ernest Withers, a photographer who, unknown to the movement, was “advising the government of the

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Justice Department absolves FBI of violating First Amendment rights

donal brown September 21, 2010

A Justice Department investigation concluded that since 2001, the FBI had improperly monitored some activists and political groups but did not target any individual or group for exercising their First Amendment rights. -db The Washington Post September 20, 2010 By Jerry Markon The FBI improperly investigated some left-leaning U.S. advocacy groups after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Justice Department said Monday, citing cases in which agents put activists on terrorist watch lists even though

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Domestic spying: Uncle Sam developing ability to reach wide and deep on Internet

donal brown August 19, 2010

Through its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed that the FBI and CIA are aggressively perfecting their ability to probe social networks and the Internet for intelligence data much of which is outside the law enforcement context. -db Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary August 16, 2010 By Tim Wayne In the midst of recent controversies over Facebook’s privacy settings, it’s easy to forget how much personal information is available from other

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