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U.S. surveillance court won’t stop release of secret ruling
From Bloomberg Businessweek: The secret U.S. court that rules on surveillance requests from intelligence agencies said it won’t stand in the way of an activist group’s lawsuit seeking the release of one of its nonpublic opinions.
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Obama speech impacts California drone lawsuit
From Twin Cities Daily Planet: Since its earliest days, the Obama administration has been circumspect about officially confirming the existence of its drone-centric counter-terrorism operations. Despite extensive press coverage of the subject (as well as apparently sanctioned leaks and carefully crafted public statements) the administration avoided officially acknowledging its drone program for over four years.
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Regents sued over Open Records Act
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A former student journalist at Georgia Perimeter College filed a lawsuit against the State Board of Regents Monday for failing to turn over public records concerning the school’s $25 million budget shortfall.
David Schick accused the University of System of Georgia of not complying with his open records request and for using delaying tactics.
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Appeals court says US Trade Representative can withhold classified document in FOIA case
Washington Post: WASHINGTON — An appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Trade Representative can withhold a classified position paper prepared during free-trade negotiations, reversing a lower court that had ordered the document’s release under a Freedom of Information Act request.
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NRDC sues FDA over antibiotic resistant bacteria information
CMD files open records suit against ALEC board member Sen. Leah Vukmir
Press release from Center for Media and Democracy: MADISON — The Center for Media and Democracy filed suit Thursday against Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir, a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the treasurer of ALEC’s national board, over her failure to disclose ALEC-related materials under Wisconsin’s public records law – possibly becaus […]
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AntiWar.com editors sue over FBI surveillance
From Huffington Post: WASHINGTON — Two editors of AntiWar.com sued the FBI on Tuesday, alleging that the bureau has failed to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents about the government’s investigation of the website.
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Group sues for Obama vacation records
From Watchdog.org: HONOLULU — Aloha, U.S. Secret Service? You’ve been served. About those vacations to Hawaii, we want to know how much they’re costing taxpayers.
Judicial Watch Inc., a nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based organization that focuses on transparency and accountability in government, filed the lawsuit May 6 to obtain from the U.S. Secret Service financial records related to the first family’s Hawaiian vacations.
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Food & Water Watch sues FDA for concealing records on arsenic in poultry feed
From eNews Park Forest: WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 13 – Today the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch announced that it sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), saying that the agency has unlawfully ignored a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to arsenic-based drugs known as “arsenicals” that are added to poultry feed.
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