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Federal Communication Commission outdoes CIA in secrecy

donal brown March 22, 2012

Data showing  responses to federal Freedom of Information Act requests indicate that the Federal Communications Commission is the most secretive government agency, even outdoing the Central Intelligence Agency. The FCC is rejecting FOIA requests at the rate of 48 percent dwarfing all other government agencies. The CIA by contrast rejects requests at the rate of 0.7 percent. -db From The Daily Caller, March 21, 2012, by Josh Peterson. Full story    

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EFF seeks records on drones in U.S. airspace

donal brown January 17, 2012

The Electric Freedom Foundation is suing the Department of Transportation for its records on drones operating in U.S. airspace. EFF claims the drones are used for surveillance of U.S.  citizens and are a matter of great public concern. -db From The Washington Post, January 13, 2012, by Jason Ukman. Full story    

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Justice Department freezes music blog for a year supposedly for copyright infringement

donal brown December 12, 2011

The Justice Department seized the assets of a popular music blog, Dajaz1, reportedly for violations of copyright, but did not give the blog a day in court to fight the action. Writing in TechDirt, Mike Masnick says it was an outrageous act, “I suspect that nearly all of you [readers] would say that’s a classic case of prior restraint, a massive First Amendment violation, and exactly the kind of thing that does not, or should

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Federal district court denies ACLU request for immigrant detainee death records

donal brown September 27, 2010

A federal district court in Washington, D.C. ruled that the Department of Homeland Security had acted within the exemptions to open record laws in withholding e-mails and records requested by the ACLU of the deaths of immigrants who died while in detention. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press September 24, 2010 By Stephen Miller A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has denied the American Civil Liberties Union access to documents held

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Pennsyvania court fires on local agency for withholding names of Homeland Security contractors

donal brown February 12, 2010

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review will have access to the identities of contractors who supplied first responder equipment to local agencies. In making the records public, the commonwealth court said it found no reasonable public safety argument in favor of withholding the names. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press February 11, 2010 By Cristina Abello A Pennsylvania agency improperly redacted the names of all recipients of Homeland Security-funded contracts for first responder equipment and

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