In this recent story writer Frank Miele attacks the New York Times’ decision to publish classified military secrets. His argument is that publication endangered Americans and essentially amounted to treason. The Open Records Project would agree with part of Miele’s … Continued
Presidents don’t have indefinite veto power over which records are made public after they’ve left office, a federal judge has ruled. Some presidents might be embarrassed by their records in office. Public disclosure could tarnish their finely tuned “legacy.” Following … Continued
Iran’s judiciary has sealed off the offices of a popular news Web site critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies after journalists continued to update it despite official filtering, the Web site said. The site, when accessed via a link outside … Continued
Darrell David Rice spent 10 years in a federal prison for the attempted kidnapping of a woman in Shenandoah National Park in 1997. The 39-year-old was the government’s prime suspect in a brutal double slaying of two hikers in the … Continued
Gov. Chris Gregoire has refused to reveal the identities of some people who weren’t picked for seats on the state’s new “Sunshine Committee.” The Sunshine Committee’s job is to sort through the more than 300 exemptions to the state’s Public … Continued
Whether it’s a hernia repair or heart bypass, doctors with a lot of experience performing a given operation tend to have better results. The problem for patients in choosing a physician has been finding out which ones have the know-how. … Continued
The salaries of government employees in California, including police officers, are a public record and must be available upon request. The right to privacy argument against dislosure made by employee unions “is not a reasonable one,” the justices wrote, ending … Continued
Aaron T. Gunn, a politically connected former teacher has avoided the sex offender registry for two years after pleading guilty to having sex with an eighth-grade student. State Representative Chuck Espy, a Democrat from Clarksdale, was a scheduled character witness … Continued
Wikipedia is a web-based free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. It currently contains about 2 million articles. Anybody can anonymously create a Wikipedia entry or modify an existing entry. A new WEB site maps Wikipedia entries … Continued
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters should make her president, but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring a large swath of … Continued