Three strikes against unchecked government spying and censorship
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board President & Cooperating Attorney Last week was a busy week for privacy and free speech advocates. In New York, a federal appeals court issued a decision finding that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) telephone metadata...Glimmers of Hope
By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary and Cooperating Attorney Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare glimmer of hope in a case called Rodriguez v. United States. In the case, the court held that police cannot extend a routine traffic stop to use a drug...Possible Reforms to FOIA Requests on the Horizon
The CLDC provides activist communities with workshops on how to use FOIA and State Public Records laws. We are also currently suing several federal and state agencies for refusing to give up records that they don’t want the public to see—particularly the ongoing...
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