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Government Transparency Is Not a Partisan Issue: Eclipse of Sunshine Week

March 16, 2018 by Zach Garrett

Government Transparency Is Not a Partisan Issue: Eclipse of Sunshine Week

Since 2005 the National Association of News Editors has branded the third week of March “Sunshine Week.” But in 2018, Sunshine Week is looking less bright. Sunshine Week has been obscured by an eclipse. Zach Garrett cautions against allowing partisan politics to obscure the real issues.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Government Secrecy, Political Dissent, Secrecy & Surveillance, transparency

Free Speech, Transparency Orgs to FBI: New Intelligence Records Not Exempt From Privacy Act

October 20, 2016 by NCAC

Free Speech, Transparency Orgs to FBI: New Intelligence Records Not Exempt From Privacy Act

NCAC has joined OpenTheGovernment.org and other allies in protesting a new FBI proposal to exempt its new system of records from parts of the Privacy Act.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Government Secrecy, Secrecy & Surveillance

Freedom Of Information Act Receives Milestone Reforms

July 1, 2016 by NCAC

Freedom Of Information Act Receives Milestone Reforms

President Obama on Thursday codified legislation to bolster the FOIA ensuring government accountability.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: blogs, Features, FOIA, Government Secrecy

The Censored Truth of a Guantanamo Prisoner

May 12, 2015 by NCAC

The Censored Truth of a Guantanamo Prisoner

Published in January, The Guantanamo Diary is an intense account of Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s excruciating experiences as a prisoner of the U.S. war on terror. Slahi was detained in his native Mauritania in 2001; a CIA rendition plane flew him to Jordan for brutal interrogation sessions, and from there he was taken to Afghanistan and […]

Filed Under: Censorship News Articles Tagged With: government censorship, Government Secrecy, Guantanamo, Secrecy & Surveillance, Torture

ProPublica – Debunking Rationales for Mass Surveillance

January 22, 2014 by Joan Bertin

ProPublica has published an analysis of the four most often cited rationales offered to justify mass surveillance and collection of metadata, describing why they are “questionable claims.” It is instructive reading for anyone who is concerned about claims that security cannot be achieved without sacrificing constitutional principles. Whatever the right answer to that dilemma, official […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Government Secrecy, Mass surveillance, NSA

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