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Obama administration agrees to make White House visitor logs public

donal brown September 8, 2009

To end four lawsuits by a watchdog group, the Obama White House has reversed a policy keeping visitor logs secret now allowing news organizations and others a chance to see who is influencing administration policy on vital issues. -DB USA TODAY September 4, 2009 By Richard Wolf WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration plans to change White House policy by releasing the names of thousands of visitors whose comings and goings traditionally are kept secret by

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Obama continues Bush procedures on warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens

donal brown August 25, 2009

The EFF legal director says the Obama administration has embraced the Bush policies on surveillance and more disturbingly the Bush principle that the executive branch is above the law. -DB ACS Blog Commentary August 17, 2009 By Cindy Cohn Both former NSA Director Michael Hayden and former Justice Department attorney John Yoo have taken to the editorial pages of major national newspapers this summer to defend the so-called Presidential Surveillance Program, the still-shadowy set of programs

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Obama administration sought to weaken whistleblower legislation

donal brown August 10, 2009

Leaked e-mails show that White House lawyers drafted versions of the whistleblower legislation that weakened protections for some whistle blowers including FBI employees. -DB The Washington Times August 7, 2009 By Tom LoBianco Despite its pledge to better protect federal employees who expose wrongdoing, the Obama administration privately sought to weaken protections for national security whistleblowers under legislation making its way through Congress, according to correspondence obtained by The Washington Times. E-mails that documented the White

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Security concerns may shut down military social networks for military personnel

donal brown July 30, 2009

Just as the U.S. military is beginning to embrace Twitter and Facebook, it may have to close these sites down to keep out hackers and cybercrooks. -DB Wired July 30, 2009 By Noah Shachtman The U.S. military is strongly considering a near-total ban on Twitter, Facebook, and all other social networking sites throughout the Department of Defense, multiple sources within the armed forces tell Danger Room. It’s the latest twist in the Defense Department’s tangled relationship

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Foundation sues for records of illegal acts of intelligence agencies

donal brown July 27, 2009

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit in federal court to force the CIA and other government agencies to disclose reports on possible violations of the law by intelligence agencies during the Bush administration. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation July 22, 2009 Press Release SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a half-dozen other federal agencies involved in intelligence gathering, demanding the immediate release of reports

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