Shields up! Contact your U.S. senator today! (or at least before Thursday)
Now is the time to contact your U.S. senator to support the federal shield law. On Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee will consider passing S. 448, the Free Flow of Infomation Act. The bill isn’t...
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The Courier (Texas): Courier doesn’t have to release online posters’ names The Foundry: Does FEMA know where its homeland security grants are being spent? The Guardian (U.K.): Fighting corruption in...
View ArticleFOI Links: The search for military records and compliance with a subpoena
WRAL.com (N.C.): UNC-TV complies with subpoena for program footage Philippine Daily Inquirer: New legislators asked to swiftly pass Philippines FOI bill TBO.com (Fla.): Holiday inspires search for...
View ArticleFOI Links: Autopsy reports and invoking the shield law
Computer World: D.A. withdraws warrant after deal with Gizmodo editor The Gaston Gazette: North Carolina newspaper asked to disclose identity of anonymous commenter on website The Chicago Daily...
View ArticleFOI DAILY DOSE: NYT reporter subpoenaed in CIA leak case and Wisconsin voting...
NY TIMES REPORTER SUBPOENAED A New York Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winner, James Risen, was subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice for the trial of a suspected government whistleblower....
View ArticleFOI Daily Dose: NY shield law blocks casino tycoon’s subpoena against Wall...
Fans of the proposed federal shield law, the Free Flow of Information Act, will be happy to hear that the New York state shield law protected a Wall Street Journal reporter’s rights to keep her email...
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