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• in Politics
  Governor Cuomo Edits Archive to Protect Secrets
  Governor Cuomo's administration takes steps to remove documents from public view.
  by cblaha / on Jul 24, 2012
• in Politics
  On Child Abuse, Torture and the Audacity of Secrecy
  Only when a DCFS worker contested a mild suspension was this horrifying case of incompetence and secrecy exposed. What else is out there?
  by joshuaallen / on Nov 6, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “secrecy”

 

• Will we get central registries on beneficial ownership at the G8? It’s hanging in the balance – and with it Cameron’s reputation

  
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  One of David Cameron’s main aims for the G8 has been to get central registries of the beneficial ownership of all companies and maybe trusts. Osborne flagged it up on the Today programme this morning. Paul Collier, Cameron’s adviser on this issue, made clear it’s the lowest hanging fruit that exists to beat ...
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• EU, US leaders launch trade talks, France digs in on culture

  
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  The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world’s most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture. A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France ...
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• Britain’s Prime Minister Cameron rallies world leaders to G8 summit

  
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  British Prime Minister David Cameron says leaders gathering on Monday for the G8 summit in Northern Ireland should reach speedy agreement on trade and tax reforms, and draw inspiration from the host country’s ability to resolve its own stubborn conflict. Speaking hours ahead of the summit’s official opening at a ...
  3 days ago

• PRISM thwarted terrorist plots in 20 countries, says report

  
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  Since Edward Snowden blowed the whistle about the NSAs alleged PRISM program, tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have released statements to clarify their stance as far as...        
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• Five Myths About … privacy

  
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  (Patrick Semansky, AP File) " width="495" height="334" class="size-large wp-image-40176" /> Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a rally in support of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning outside the gates of Fort Meade, Md. On June 10, Ellsberg, the whistleblower responsible for releasing the Pentagon Papers, called the ...
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• Friday Morning Links

  
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  Assorted content for your Friday reading. - Michael Harris tears into the Harper Cons for their compulsive dishonesty: Everything in the Westminster model under which we are supposed to operate depends on information, debate and verification — all of which are missing in ‘Harperland’, to use Lawrence ...
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• As a candidate, Mr Obama applauded the courage of whistle-blowers (and rode into the White House on their disclosures); as president he has prosecuted them far more vigorously than his predecessors

  
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  THICK and fast they came at last, and more and more and more. On June 5th the Guardian , a British newspaper, reported that America’s National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Americans not suspected of crimes. A day later, the Washington Post reported the existence of a ...
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• Overgrown Democracy Disorder

  
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  Lee Camp, responding to a question by RT host Abby Martin at min. 4:05: The problem, Abby, is that you have an “overgrown democracy disorder.” You think that we should have a say in what goes on in our country and around the world and our country’s actions. I don’t know who gave you that feeling, but ...
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• Death of Yuri Gagarin demystified 40 years on

  
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  For over 20 years Aleksey Leonov, the first man to conduct a spacewalk in 1965, has been struggling to gain permission to disclose details of what happened to the legendary Yuri Gagarin in March 1968.  Back then a State Commission established to investigate the accident (which Leonov was a part of), concluded that a ...
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• Late Night: The Brotherhood of the Burning Pants

  
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  Lying has certainly come a long way in the new century.  Those of us us born in the 1900′s can still remember a time when being caught publicly lying could bring down a President (Nixon), or at the very least, get one impeached (Clinton).  In those sepia-toned days, lying was a content-neutral affront; Barry ...
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• See All Evil, Hear All Evil, Know No Evil

  
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  Instapundit » BRIDGET JOHNSON: NSA Still Trying To Figure Out How Many Attacks Have Been Stopped by Phone Records. Amazing, given how much they know, how little they seem to know, isn’t it?
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• Do You Think the American Security State Should Be Legal?

  
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  Hong Kong wants answers on Snowden’s hacking claims HONG KONG — Politicians were asking for answers from the Obama administration on Thursday about allegations from an American computer analyst that a U.S. secret surveillance program hacked into Hong Kong computer systems. Observers determined to turn Edward ...
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• Snowden Geekish on Ars Technica

  
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  NSA leaker Ed Snowden’s life on Ars Technica | Ars Technica Whether Snowden is a hero or a traitor is a matter of opinion. But one thing that’s become clear as a matter of fact in the past few hours is that Snowden was an active Ars Technica reader and poster in our forums. His username, “The True HOOHA,” ...
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• Building Americas secret surveillance state - James Bamford

  
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  Column: Building Americas secret surveillance state - James Bamford By James Bamford | Reuters – Wed, Jun 12, 2013 Reuters/Reuters - An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display of an iPhone in Berlin, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski By ...
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• National Security Secrecy and the Right to Know

  
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  While almost everyone would agree that national security secrecy has a role to play in an open society, such secrecy must be carefully circumscribed if robust public access to government information is to be preserved.  A set of principles that open societies around the world can use to help guide and limit the ...
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• Disclosure of NSA Surveillance Programs Underscores Need for Increased Transparency of National Security Activities

  
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  As more facts come to light about the massive, ongoing surveillance affecting millions of Americans, it is imperative that the government bring greater transparency and accountability to national security programs. We need a new national debate about personal privacy and security and where we as a country will draw ...
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• Google, Facebook, Microsoft seek easing of secrecy rules

  
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  Google, Facebook, Microsoft seek easing Amid a raging controversy over a sweeping US Internet surveillance programme, top tech companies in a concerted move have asked the government ease the secrecy surrounding national security investigations. Google, Facebook and Microsoft in requests echoed by a top official from ...
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• Just the tip of the iceberg

  
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  According to Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), the public only knows “the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to domestic and other surveillance. (requires Flash)
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• The Snowdens of Yesteryear

  
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  Ive told this story before. It was back when I was Legal Director of the ACLU of Ohio, and I was to be debating some hot-shot law school professor from some hot-shot law school and about the USA Patriot Act and other post 9/11 measures that involved ceding liberty for the illusion of greater safety.  And, not ...
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• In Which I Try To School Dr. Skeptic

  
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  Dr. Michael Shermer has done some great work in the realm of debunking nonsensical claims about paranormal activity, and describing the difference between science and pseudo-science. His books Why People Believe Weird Things and Borderlands are fundamental reading if you want to understand the difference between ...
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