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ESPN distances itself from PBS report on NFL concussions 26 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
ESPN pulled out of an October PBS “Frontline” production, entitled “League of Denial,” by ESPN investigative reporters and brothers Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada, documenting the National Footba...
Government security agencies escalate battle with journalists 26 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
Government agencies charged with fighting terrorism are ratcheting up their game in fighting whistleblowers and journalists. That explains why the British authorities recently detained David Miranda m...
1st Amendment links: must-read news you might have missed this week 23 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
Secrets led the news this week: Secret keepers like CalPers pensioners to secret leakers like David Miranda, and Private Manning, whose stories dominated the headlines this week and often on matters h...
Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in espionage case 22 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
Hailed as a patriotic whistleblower by some and by others condemned as a traitor to his country, former army private Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for violating the espionage act...
Reporter in Aurora shooting case loses ground in fight to protect sources 22 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
A Fox News reporter lost a round in court when a New York state appeals judes ruled 3-2 that she had to reveal her sources in covering the 2012 shooting in a movie theater near Denver. The close decis...
California law school must publish bar exam pass rates 20 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
A California law school was given a tentative order to release their pass rates on the bar examination by U.S. District Judge James Selna. The Southern California Institute of Law sued to withhold the...
Snowden reporter Greenwald protests arrest of partner by London police 20 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
U.S. reporter Glenn Greenwald who first published secrets provided by U.S. former intelligence worker Edward Snowden promised revenge after Britain detained his partner for nine hours and confiscated ...
Spy agency withholds information about surveillance of U.S. citizens 19 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm
The National Security Agency (NSA) has failed to share detailed information about surveillance of U.S. citizens and foreigners with Congress or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, thwarting c...
A&A: Request denied for fire district celebration guest list 17 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
A small fire district board voted to approve paying up to $2,500 for district firefighters, graduates of the reserve academy and their guests (and apparently the Board members and their guests) to att...
A&A: Can I withdraw part of a CPRA request? 16 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Q: I have a request pending with a government agency, and based on questions answered in an interview, I would like to withdraw a portion of the request. Is it possible to withdraw a portion of a requ...
