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Press release: “Today EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit (PDF) against the Department of Justice, asking a federal court to order the disclosure of information about the Administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program within 20 days. The Justice Department has played a key role in authorizing, implementing and overseeing the National Security Agency’s domestic …
As reported by the New York Times: Administration Lays Out Legal Case for Wiretapping Program, which references the following report: a 42 page DOJ paper, in unclassified form (PDF), titled Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President, released January 19, 2006. There is also a one page preface …
MercuryNews.com, Feds after Google data: “The Mountain View-based search and advertising giant opposes releasing the information on a variety of grounds, saying it would violate the privacy rights of its users and reveal company trade secrets, according to court documents. Nicole Wong, an associate general counsel for Google, said the company will fight the government’s …
I am delighted to announce the addition of three new columns on LLRX.com, authored by leading professionals from different spheres of our community. Law librarian and blogger Connie Crosby writes about The Tao of Law Librarianship, the second installment of which is titled Do-It-Yourself Professional Development. Faulkner’s Practical Web Strategies for Attorneys, by Frederick L. …
On January 4, 2006, Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) sent a letter to President Bush stating that “… the practice of briefing only certain Members of the intelligence committees [on NSA programs] violates the specific requirements of the National Security Act of 1947.” A New York Times article published on January 19, 2006 discusses a January …
In a January 17, 2006 letter, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Senate Democratic Leader Richard Durbin, Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer and Senate Democratic Conference Secretary Debbie Stabenow requested that President Bush “…make public as soon as possible an accounting of Mr. Abramoff’s personal contacts with Bush Administration officials and the official …
National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine: “The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine assesses the support that each state and the District of Columbia provides for their emergency care systems. A wake-up call for policymakers, the report underscores the challenges facing patients who need emergency care and recognizes efforts …
Country Profiles: “This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of the Country Studies Program, formerly the Army Area Handbook Program. The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country’s historical background, geography, society, economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security. In addition to being featured in the front matter of …
Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, hosted Ask the White House yesterday.
WSJ free feature: Some Iraq Rebuilding Funds Go Untraced – Investigators Have Yet to Pursue U.S. Contracting Money That May Be Missing: “More than 18 months after the Pentagon disbanded the Coalition Provisional Authority that ran Iraq, neither the Justice Department nor a special inspector general has moved to recover large sums suspected of disappearing …
Honest Leadership & Open Government Act: “The Act will reinvigorate Congressional ethics rules and institute broad-based lobbying reforms to ensure that the representatives of the people are operating in the peopl’s interest, not the special interests.” [press release from House Democratic Leader Pelosi]
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Stronger Safeguards Sought As Cell Records Sold on Web – two related press releases on new legislation to protect the privacy of cell phone logs which are available for sale online. press release: “Today U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer introduced legislation to combat the growing black market of cell phone call …
