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Pentagon blocks release of all Bush-era detainee abuse photos
Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week blocked the further release of any pictures depicting abuse of foreign detainees in American…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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New York paper fights website commenter subpoena
A New York newspaper is engaged in a battle to quash a grand jury subpoena for the identities of some…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Judicial email not public in West Virginia
Personal e-mail messages on government accounts are not public records, even when they are between a judge and a party…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Seventh circuit keeps police disciplinary records hidden
Disciplinary records related to citizen complaints against Chicago police officers will not be released to the public in a lawsuit…Categorized in Court access -
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Justice Department issued secret subpoena for news site's traffic
The Department of Justice earlier this year served and shortly thereafter withdrew a grand jury subpoena that sought information about…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Police use-of-force reports are public records in New Jersey
A New Jersey appeals court on Monday ruled that police use-of-force reports -- generated any time a police offer uses…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Litigants ask court to save state secrets rulings
A group of plaintiffs on Friday asked a judge to deny the government's request to vacate his rulings in a…Categorized in Court access -
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Student journalists wage battle for H1N1 death certificates
Journalism students at the University of Southern California are waging a battle to obtain the death certificates of individuals who…Categorized in Freedom of information -
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Pennsylvania high court overturns $3.5m defamation verdict
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a $3.5 million defamation verdict against Wilkes-Barre's The Citizens' Voice and ordered a…Categorized in Libel and privacy -
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Virginia drops plan for anonymous juries
The Virginia Supreme Court has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have automatically withheld the identities of jurors in all…Categorized in Court access