William W. Thompson, PhD—an epidemiologist at the CDC’s National Center of Birth Defects and Development Disabilities is alleging criminal wrongdoing on the part of his supervisors, and has expressed deep regret about his role in helping the CDC hide data: “It’s the lowest point in my career, that I […]
APRIL 29, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that on April 18, 2014, it obtained 41 new Benghazi-relatedState Department documents. They include a newly declassified email showing then-White House Deputy Strategic Communications Adviser Ben Rhodes and other Obama administration public relations officials attempting to orchestrate a campaign to […]
By HEATHER JOHNSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – The CIA properly handled a man’s demand for records on his 1966 interrogation regarding telepathy and espionage, a federal judge ruled. Phillip Mosier had sued the agency in San Francisco under the Freedom of Information Act last year, but […]
Feds Grilled on Network Shutdown Procedures By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – A government watchdog group will get its hands on documents that map out the protocol for shutting down wireless networks in the event of a national crisis. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled that Homeland Security […]
By DAN MCCUE (CN) – A group deserves more information from government agencies on a treaty that could provide Mexican nationals with U.S. Social Security benefits, a federal judge ruled. At issue is a “totalization agreement” Mexico and the United States reached in 2004 on the […]
Published time: August 14, 2013 00:29 Aaron Swartz (Photo by Phillip Stearns) Freshly unveiled documents indicate that the US Secret Service was involved in the investigation into Aaron Swartz, the Internet activist who was awaiting trial on hacking charges when he committed suicide earlier this year. […]
Published time: June 04, 2013 16:04 Reuters / Kacper Pempel / Files Human rights, Internet, Obama, Scandal, Security, USA Some of US President Barack Obama’s high-ranked political appointees are using secret government email accounts, which they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being […]
SEC Doesn’t Have to Give Lawyer Group the Goods By WILLIAM DOTINGA WASHINGTON (CN) – Securities arbitration lawyers cannot access regulatory records on the oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a federal judge ruled. The Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association is a group of […]
Mexican Social Security Deal Gets Another Look By DAN MCCUE (CN) – The State Department must explain the secrecy surrounding its plans to give Mexican nationals Social Security benefits, a federal judge ruled, siding with a group of senior citizens. Mexico and the United States reached a “totalization […]
View EFF’s updated Map of Domestic Drone Authorizations in a larger window. (Clicking this link will serve content from Google.) The Federal Aviation Administration has finally released a new drone authorization list. This list, released in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, includes law enforcement […]
2009 report posted for filing : Engineering Evil : I don’t believe a single thing has been done about this crisis since this report. Not even a simple mention in the nightly news. Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 06/03/2009 – 13:38 Thousands of everyday products and materials containing […]
By John Naish PUBLISHED:20:32 EST, 24 September 2012| UPDATED:02:20 EST, 25 September 2012 You may think that even the lowest, most callous criminal would draw the line at stealing life-saving medical equipment such as baby heart monitors and emergency resuscitation systems from NHS hospitals. But across the […]
August 30, 2012 Government Withholding Information About Unconstitutional Spying at NSA Washington, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) today, demanding answers about illegal email and telephone call surveillance at the National Security Agency (NSA). The FISA Amendments Act (FAA) of 2008 […]
