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A forum on license plate scanners
The panel From the left: me, Sharon Bradford Franklin, senior counsel at the Constitution Project, David Zirin (The Nation, Campaign against the Death Penalty), Johnny Barnes, executive director of...
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A forum about the civil liberties implications of a proposed license plate scanner system (announced here, on community listservs, and on fliers) was held in Takoma Park on Wednesday, February 25,...
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Governor, Maryland State Police: “we’ll handle this”
Legislative efforts to prevent a repeat of the infamous Maryland State Police spying scandal are coming to a head this week. Naturally, there are competing bills, and the founding fathers wouldn’t be...
View ArticleTakoma Park police license plate scanner policy: no image storage
The Takoma Park Police Department has issued draft guidelines for the proposed license plate scanner system that are the next best thing to no scanner at all (still my preference): the default policy...
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“Law and the Long War,” by Benjamin Wittes – a blog discussion
Click the image to place an order for this book with Powell’s Books. This post announces an ambitious and possibly quixotic effort — the attempt of a legal layperson like myself to launch and carry on...
View ArticleThe September 24 FBI ‘material support’ raids
This past Saturday, November 6, I attended an excellent forum — announced earlier on this blog and (mainly) elsewhere — about some very troubling FBI raids on fourteen peace activists in Minnesota,...
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11/6/10 forum videos
Videos The FBI Raids: Activists Respond to Government Intrusion (part 1) Download (54 min, 357 MB) Creative Commons copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike No transcript available “We’re here...
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Activists report suspicious government activity: the Nov. 6 FBI raids forum
As advertised here and elsewhere, activists convened at the Washington Friends Meeting House last Saturday afternoon for education and brainstorming about the recent troubling FBI raids and grand jury...
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One routine FOIA checkup, one clean bill of health
Federal Bureau of Investigation November 30, 2010 FOIPA Request No.: 1157666-000 Subject: NEPHEW, THOMAS Dear Mr. Nephew, This responds to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request...
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The FBI and Occupy: sometimes it ain’t paranoia
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) has obtained FBI documents detailing the agency’s national efforts to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement. Click here for more. Last week, the...
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