Using open government laws to reveal the government’s secrets—and to inspire action
A lot of legal news over the last week has related to open government laws surrounding public records requests. The Guardian featured a story, entitled “Judge rules FBI unlawfully refused to comply with information act requests,” that told of a recent win...
Fighting corporate SLAPPs, from the streets to the courtroom
It’s been several months since a Washington State District Court granted four anti-harassment orders against me from Chris Toher, Lew Guerrette, Dave Harrison, and James McReynolds. Now we are finally approaching the culmination of the appeal of those orders,...
Political Prisoner Returns to U.S. after 20 Year Prison Sentence in Peru
Lori Berenson has spent much of the last 20 years in prison in Peru following being convicted of aiding the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement in planning an assault on the Peruvian Congress. In the early 1990’s, Berenson was drawn towards revolutionary...
