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Government Secrecy

Release of Police Documents Imminent

Jamie Kalven | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bond v. Utreras, Government Secrecy, Mayor Daley, Mara Georges, Jody Weis, Joan Lefkow, Chicago Police Department, Government Transparency, Chicago Police Misconduct, Civil Rights, Chicago News
Jamie Kalven

The city believes its power to impose secrecy should be unlimited and beyond scrutiny, that it should be the sole arbiter of what is and is not public information.

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Sahil Kapur

Transparency Groups Urge Obama To Involve Public In Executive Order Revisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Executive Order, Government Secrecy, Executive Power, Steven Aftergood, Transparency, Patrice McDermott, Accountability, Barack Obama, Politics News

As President Obama prepares to modify the rules of executive power, 21 public advocacy groups and individuals are fighting to make sure he fulfills hi...

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Secrecy Sacrificing National Security

Shahid Buttar | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Government Secrecy, Warrantless Surveillance, Rule of Law, Surveillance, Fbi, Democracy, Racial Profiling, Torture, FBI Surveillance, Nsa, Guantanamo Detainees, Michael Mukasey, Dianne Feinstein, Guantanamo, Cointelpro, Abu Ghraib, American Muslims, Guantanamo Bay, Fisa, Constitution, China, Terrorist Surveillance Program, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

Our nation's most notorious criminals violate our most fundamental laws and remain not only free, but actively engaged in influencing our national security policies.

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A Defense Against Government Secrecy and Overclassification

Baruch Weiss | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aipac, Warrantless Wiretapping, Classified Documents, Bush Wiretapping Surveillance, Government Secrecy, Steve Rosen, Keith Weissman, Overclassification, Espionage, Politics News
Baruch Weiss

Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman were indicted under the 1917 Espionage Act, an almost-never used relic of World War I. The government also sought to have the defendants -- US citizens -- tried in secret.

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AG Madigan Proposes Crack Down On Government Secrecy

AP | Posted 06.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Open Meetings Act, Foia, Illinois Privacy Exemption, Government Secrecy, Illinois Foia Laws, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is proposing changes to the state open records law that it says would dramatically cut ...

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Secrecy in the Courts: How to Get Judges, Lawyers and Sharon Stone to Follow the Rules?

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Secrecy, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Government Secrecy, Celebrity Gossip, Sharon Stone, Courts, Lawsuit, Politics News
Peter Scheer

California has long had judicial openness rules that are exemplary -- on paper. The time has come to insist that they be followed.

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Governor, Legislature Holding Closed Meetings Despite Reform Message

Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Quinn Open Meetings, Open Meetings, Illinois Open Meetings Act, Pat Quinn, Government Secrecy, Government Transparency, John Cullerton, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn and the top legislative leaders strode down a stairwell and into a Capitol hearing room for a private meeting with the H...

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Illinois Stimulus Projects Lists Still Kept From Public

Associated Press | Posted 03.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Quinn Stimulus, Chicago Stimulus Money, Government Secrecy, Pat Quinn, Stimulus Package, Mayor Daley, Stimulus Bill, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Illinois Stimulus Projects, Chicago Stimulus Projects, Chicago News

With Illinois poised to get nearly $9 billion from the federal stimulus bill, state and city officials have been scrambling to compile wish lists of p...

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Attorney General Madigan: Fine Governments That Withhold Public Documents

Associated Press | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Government Secrecy, Illinois Foia Laws, Illinois Freedom of Information Act, Lisa Madigan Foia, Freedom of Information Act, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to slap governments with up to a $1,000 fine for denying citizens the right to ...

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