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Government watchdog alleges FBI stonewalling on WikiLeaks surveillance

donal brown January 31, 2012

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has sued the Justice Department and the FBI claiming that they refuse to release information on the FBI’s surveillance of citizens who have shown support for or interest in WikiLeaks. EPIC made the Freedom of Information Act complaint in federal court. -db From the Courthouse News Service, January 31, 2012, by Iulia Filip. Full story  

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Appeal in the works in Twitter/WikiLeaks case

donal brown January 23, 2012

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are set to file an appeal concerning the U.S. government’s attempts to obtain Twitter records in their investigation of WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF are seeking to prevent the government from sealing records of their efforts to obtain private information of Internet users without a warrant. -db From a press release by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, January 20, 2012. Full release  

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Reporter’s privilege: Technology increases difficulty of protecting sources and notes

donal brown January 10, 2012

Faulty computer security and their own inexperience with encryption pose problems for journalists in keeping their notes and sources from authorities. With the right surveillance technology, it is easy these days to gain access to reporters’ telephone, Skype, e-mails and instant messaging. -db From a commentary in the Columbia Journalism Review, January 9, 2012, by Alysia Santo. Full story  

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State Department still says cables WikiLeaks released last year are classified

donal brown December 8, 2011

The Obama administration is still insisting that cables WikiLeaks released last year are classified even though the cables were released by the State Department in compliance with a Freedom of Information Act request. The classified information concerned targeted killings, detention at Guantanamo, torture and rendition. -db From a commentary for the American Civil Liberties Union, December 7, 2011, by Nathan Freed Wessler and Anna Estevao. Full story  

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Opinion: WikiLeaks made significant contributions to the right to know

donal brown November 28, 2011

WikiLeaks has changed the face of journalism and contributed more scoops this year than any other media outlet, reports Trevor Timm in a commentary for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In using the Espionage Act to prosecute WikiLeaks, the federal government poses a real threat to the mainsream media and the First Amendment, argues Timm. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, November 28, 2011, by Trevor Timm. Full story  

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