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Declassified Docs Reveal Pentagon Ignored FBI’s Warnings on Abusive Interrogations

By | 11.07.09 | 7:05 pm

The Justice Department released more documents — or, at least, less-redacted documents — late Friday to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of the government’s obligation in a pending Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

These latest documents provide a glimpse of the early struggles between the FBI and the More…

Obama Administration Agrees to Disclose White House Visitor Logs

By | 09.04.09 | 11:09 am

After the Justice Department dragged out four different lawsuits seeking public access to White House visitor records, the Obama administration finally agreed yesterday to settle the cases, brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and committed to post visitor records online.

CREW Executive Director Melanie More…

Unpopular Photography

By | 08.12.09 | 5:11 pm

Daphne Eviatar is guest-blogging for Glenn Greenwald today. The following is cross-posted at Salon.

If, as the latest reports indicate, Attorney General Eric Holder is serious about prosecuting the worst torture and abuse of “war on terror” prisoners that occurred during the Bush administration, then More…

Alaska Charges $200 Hourly for Document Requests

By | 10.27.08 | 9:30 am

LANDSDOWNE, Va. — As it turns out, making photo copies for the state of Alaska is good work, if you can get it.

A few weeks ago, while reporting from Alaska, I filed a request for all of the resumes submitted for the governor’s consideration for appointments to boards and More…