President Obama called Shinzo Abe to apologize for spying on Japanese Ministers’ discussions about trade deals and climate change at the same time as reiterating plans to work together on trade deals and climate change.
Archives for August 2015
Declaring Chelsea Manning’s Voice against Torture Contraband
August 17, 2015
Among the items Chelsea Manning faces indefinite solitary confinement for reading was the Senate Torture Report.
An open letter to civil rights groups in the U.S.
August 13, 2015
By Jeffrey Sterling
Dear NAACP, National Action Network, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Congressional Black Caucus and others: Where were you? Where were you when I was faced with blatant discrimination at my job, when my employer told me I was “too big and too black” to do the job?
The Pentagon and the Papers
August 12, 2015
The New York Times has focused on DOD’s embrace of censorship generally. But less attention has been given to the Air Force’s instructions on how to censor pictures of classified materials available (because of an accident or other incident) off a base.
How a Recent Department of Justice Decision May Harm Whistleblower Protections
August 6, 2015
A recent OLC decision that limited how much information DOJ has to share with its Inspector General may also limit whistleblower protections.
The Sixth Circuit Upholds Journalist’s Right to Invoke the Fifth Amendment
August 3, 2015
The Sixth Circuit just ruled that Journalist David Ashenfelter may refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
