Stephen Aftergood> Appeals Court Rejects Reporter’s Privilege in Leak Case

Dissenting opinion: Our country’s Founders established the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press as a recognition that a government unaccountable to public discourse renders that essential element of democracy — the vote — meaningless.  By Stephen Aftergood  July 19, 2013  Secrecy News Categories: Leaks, Secrecy In a new ruling with ominous implications for national security reporting, an appeals More

Stephen Aftergood> Appeals Court Rejects Reporter’s Privilege in Leak Case

Dissenting opinion: Our country’s Founders established the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press as a recognition that a government unaccountable to public discourse renders that essential element of democracy — the vote — meaningless.  By Stephen Aftergood  July 19, 2013  Secrecy News Categories: Leaks, Secrecy In a new ruling with ominous implications for national security reporting, an appeals More

Opaqueness To Trump Transparency? Group Asks Why Manning Trial Lacks Stenographer

The Freedom of the Press Foundation launched a crowd-funded campaign on its website yesterday to raise money to pay for a court stenographer to transcribe whistleblower U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s trial. By Katie Rucke | May 13, 2013  MintPressNews.com Activist groups are hoping to raise funds to hire a court stenographer for Bradley Mannings trial; government authorities refuse to More

Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts> WTF? (What the Fawkes?)

WTF? (What the Fawkes?) Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts Dec 29th, 2011    ACLU Rosa Luxemburg famously said that those who do not move cannot feel their chains. This morning in Suffolk county court, the ACLU of Massachusetts and our client moved. And we felt our chains. I had gone to court to listen to our More

Defending the Constitution vs. Pledge to Government Secrecy, by Linda Lewis

Defending the Constitution vs. Pledge to Government Secrecy Linda Lewis  Scoop The Oath to Defend the Constitution vs. the Forced Pledge to Protect Government Secrecy August 2011 “Which of the applicable laws has priority?” In the debate on reducing the national debt, members of Congress have focused on two options–tax increases and entitlement cuts—both considered More

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