Your Right to KnowAbout Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy -- A First Amendment WatchBlog(Untitled)- May 20, 2004 AP Boss Curley Declares Campaign Against Government Secrecy Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley has announced a plan to strengthen his organization's advocacy of open government. He unveiled it May 7, 2004, in Riverside, CA, as he spoke in the Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture series. "The powerful have to be watched, and we are the watchers," Curley said, "and you don't need to have your notebook snatched by a policeman to know that keeping an eye on government...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131722/2004/05/20.html#a120 (Untitled)- May 20, 2004 Hello, Sailor: Judge Tosses Prosecution of Greenpeace for Speech A US district judge in Florida threw out a US Justice Dept. prosecution of Greenpeace protesters for political speech under an antique maritime law May 19, 2004. It was a personal defeat to Attorney General John Ashcroft, and an embarrassing failure for his department's policy of aggressive attacks on First Amendment rights in the name of "security." Miami District Judge Adalberto Jordan did not make the ruling on...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131722/2004/05/20.html#a119 (Untitled)- May 18, 2004 TSA Issues Rule on Port, Maritime Info Secrecy The Transportation Security Administration has issued a rule extending new secrecy to some kinds of port and maritime information. The rule, published May 18, 2004, extends to maritime transportation facilities the cloak of heavy TSA secrecy that heretofore applied mainly only to air transport. Still unclear at this point is whether the new rule may restrict access to information used by environmental reporters. While the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131722/2004/05/18.html#a118 |