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ACLU press release today: “The documents, which include the report of Vice Admiral Albert T. Church, who was tapped to conduct a comprehensive review of Defense Department interrogation operations, reveal new details in how several systemic failures in the chain of command manifested themselves.” The full Church Report, along with other documents released to the …
In a follow-up to this July 25, 2004 posting – Depository Libraries Directed to destroy DOJ Pamphlets – this update, via Mike Ravnitzky, from the Forfeiture Endangers American Rights Foundation (FEAR): “In response to our FOIA requests, this week the DOJ released three manuals to us voluntarily — the 2006 versions of: Selected Asset Forfeiture …
IN RE: SEARCH OF RAYBURN HOUSE BUILDING ROOM NO. 2113, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515, July 10, 2006: “A federal judge rules that the FBI’s search of Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson’s House office pursuant to a court-ordered search warrant was constitutional, and denies a motion seeking to enjoin FBI agents and the U.S. Department of Justice …
Enforcing the ADA: A Status Report from the Department of Justice, January – March 2006 (July 7, 2006)
Solove, Daniel J., A Brief History of Information Privacy Law. Book chapter in Proskauer on Privacy (2006). “This book chapter provides a brief history of information privacy law in the United States from colonial times to the present. It discusses the development of the common law torts, Fourth Amendment law, the constitutional right to information …
Press release, July 7. 2006: “Members of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Sue W. Kelly (NY), will evaluate the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program at a hearing to be held Tuesday, July 11, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2128 Rayburn Building.” The Treasury Department’s Secret Monitoring of International Funds Transfers: …
From Tara Calishain: “This page allows you to search Googles government search engine and narrow your results by a state. Try adding a city or county name to your query as well.” See also Peggy Garvin’s review of U.S. Government Search on LLRX.com.
USAToday.com reported that “the federal government will pay a Texas law school $1 million to do research aimed at rolling back the amount of sensitive data available to the press and public through freedom-of-information requests. Beginning this month, St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio will analyze recent state laws that place previously …
Federal Judicial Center: Copyright Law, Second Edition, 2006, 241 pages. “This monograph provides a concise overview of the law of copyright from its origins in the English common law through recent Supreme Court cases, designed to provide judges with a grounding in the essential concepts and statutory and case law in this specialized area. The …
Bureau of Justice Statistics press release: “From 2001 through April 2005 about 15 percent of general civil trials concluded in 46 large counties in the United States were appealed after trial verdict or judgment, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Litigants filed appeals in 11 percent of all tort trials, 21 …
USAToday.com follow’s up on news about the FBI dropping demands for Connecticut library patron records with this article on the expansive post 9/11 use of National Security Letters to obtain private data from a range of organizations.
Steven Aftergood: “The 2006 edition of the Operational Law Handbook (598 pages, PDF) published by the Army Judge Advocate General is “a ‘how to’ guide for Judge Advocates practicing operational law. It provides references and describes tactics and techniques for the practice of operational law.” Related government documents: Center for Law and Military Operations (CLAMO) …
