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Secrecy News says WikiLeaks may hurt transparency in the long run

donal brown December 7, 2010

Secrecy News’ Steven Aftergood argues that the WikiLeaks may cause a tightening down of information sharing rather than greater transparency as the governments passes more restrictions. -db Secrecy News Opinion December 6, 2010 By Steven Aftergood On December 3, I participated in an interesting, somewhat testy discussion about Wikileaks on the show Democracy Now along with Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com, who is a passionate defender of the project. The ultimate victory of Wikileaks (or something

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Wired editor says WikiLeaks should receive First Amendment protection

donal brown December 7, 2010

Wired Editor-in-chief Evan Hansen argues that while WikiLeaks’ performance is far from perfect, the organization will strengthen rather than weaken democracy. -db Wired Commentary December 6, 2010 By Evan Hansen A truly free press — one unfettered by concerns of nationalism — is apparently a terrifying problem for elected governments and tyrannies alike. It shouldn’t be. In the past week, after publishing secret U.S. diplomatic cables, secret-spilling site WikiLeaks has been hit with denial-of-service attacks

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Oroville: Lame duck park district board allegedly made decisions before invited few

donal brown December 7, 2010

Critics are alleging that the Feather River Recreation and Park District’s held a special meeting to make key decisions in violation of the California’s open meeting law. They failed to inform the newly elected directors of the meeting or invite the local press. -db Oroville Mercury-Register December 7, 2010 By Mary Weston OROVILLE, Calif. — The Feather River Recreation and Park District held a special meeting Thursday before the three new board members were sworn

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Bay Area: Opposition alleges open meeting violation in vote on Marin-Sonoma passenger train

donal brown December 7, 2010

A group against a sales tax increase to fund the SMART passenger train has alleged that the SMART board violated an open meetings law by failing to make it clear in the agenda that they were voting on the first phase of the project. -db Marin Independent Journal December 6, 2010 By Mark Prado A group seeking to repeal the sales tax measure that funded the SMART passenger train is questioning the validity of a

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Restrictions to counter Wikileaks could cripple government information sharing

donal brown December 2, 2010

Corrective actions under consideration after the Wikileaks release of classified documents may produce the undesirable result of stifling information sharing in government. -db NextGov November 29, 2010 BY Aliya Sternstein The government can’t do much, from a technical standpoint, to thwart the inappropriate interception of classified information by internal personnel — without imposing controls that would stifle information sharing, former Justice Department officials say. In the aftermath of the latest release of secret government documents on

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