The Secrecy File

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April 28, 2008

• NOOSE ALLEGEDLY FOUND AT SECRET SERVICE TRAINING CENTER

April 16, 2008

• GAO assesses FOIA progress

April 11, 2008

• The House Judiciary Committee demands answers on torture

April 9, 2008

• Mississippi Justice

April 7, 2008

• The Justice Department fights PR battle over media shield bill

April 4, 2008

• Sunlight Foundation's new tool rivals K Street lobbyists

April 3, 2008

• Torture Memo = classification failure

March 19, 2008

• Destruction of documents "shocked" Secret Service official

March 18, 2008

• Judge orders White House to show cause in email case

March 12, 2008

• Cornyn-Leahy introduce new FOIA reform

March 7, 2008

• Secret Service Official says he didn't look for documents

March 6, 2008

• Finally, a vote on a media shield law?
• Pelosi plans to file lawsuit to enforce WH subpoenas
• Let the sun shine on Congress

February 26, 2008

• Secret Service official defends search for documents

February 25, 2008

• Secret Service inspector changed document

February 20, 2008

• Secret Service Inspector admits destroying documents

February 18, 2008

• Wikileaks in trouble for leaking

February 13, 2008

• House Republicans urge passage of Senate FISA bill

February 12, 2008

• Battle against telecom immunity is not over
• More testimony in Secret Service lawsuit

February 5, 2008

• Cornyn and Leahy oppose Bush cutting FOIA ombudsman

February 4, 2008

• Bush eliminates FOIA ombudsman

February 1, 2008

• Secret Service v. African American agents in discrimination suit

January 31, 2008

• Protect America Act: does it or doesn't it?

January 28, 2008

• Democrats kill Republican attempt to vote on FISA bill

January 25, 2008

• Secret Service inspector testifies in discrimination lawsuit

January 24, 2008

• ACLU condemns Senate action on spy bill
• Leahy and Cornyn oppose White House moving FOIA ombudsman

January 18, 2008

• Conflicting statements in missing e-mail inquiry

January 14, 2008

• Shining the light on federal government
• ACLU: Secret Service is flouting the law in discrimination suit

January 10, 2008

• Judge postpones ruling on Secret Service sanctions, hears testimony

January 9, 2008

• Secret Service could face more sanctions tomorrow
• Board recommends fixes for overclassification, excessive secrecy
• FOIA conference conflict-just a coincidence?

January 8, 2008

• Judge orders White House to come clean on missing emails

January 2, 2008

• Bush signs FOIA bill, open government groups applaud

December 21, 2007

• Federal judge orders Secret Service to turn over documents
• Congress allocates funding for EPA libraries
• Another secret hold on presidential records bill

December 20, 2007

• Federal judge rebukes Secret Service in discrimination suit

December 18, 2007

• FOIA bill expected to clear House today

December 14, 2007

• Senate gives FOIA overhaul green light
• CREW urges election commission to say no

December 13, 2007

• Senate judiciary committee approves White House contempt citations

December 11, 2007

• Transparency in Congress
• What did Justice know about CIA destroying videos

December 10, 2007

• Secret Service in hot water

December 5, 2007

• FOIA reform edges closer to reality

November 29, 2007

• Leahy takes next step toward holding White House in contempt

November 28, 2007

• EFF wins fast-track release of telecom lobbying records

November 27, 2007

• EFF demands disclosure on telecom effort to stop lawsuits

November 21, 2007

• Energy Department opens up on sensitive information

November 19, 2007

• Transparency improves among the states

November 16, 2007

• Coburn gets budget secrecy provision removed
• Texas Republican says RESTORE Act helps terrorists

November 14, 2007

• Secrecy provision buried in appropriations bill

November 13, 2007

• Senator secretly holds effort to combat identity theft

November 12, 2007

• Judge slaps White House with restraining order

November 8, 2007

• Leahy urges swift passage of media shield law
• Watchdogs fight secrecy with database

November 7, 2007

• Cornyn and Leahy go after counterfeits
• Civil Liberties groups turn up heat over telecom immunity

November 6, 2007

• Yet, another torture memo?
• Reporters Committee: first amendment at stake
• AT&T whistleblower: say no to telecom immunity
• Leahy upset about Mukasey nomination

November 5, 2007

• Coming to a theater near you: White House contempt vote
• Is waterboarding torture?
• Secrecy in Farm Bill

November 2, 2007

• Leahy opposes Mukasey nomination for AG

November 1, 2007

• FEC issues historic fine against big bucks contributor

October 30, 2007

• House Judiciary goes ballistic on Tanner

October 29, 2007

• The heat is on the White House

October 25, 2007

• ACLU fights immunity deal with net
• Transparent Presidents
• Senate Judiciary Committee to hear concerns about surveillance bill

October 24, 2007

• Senate Judiciary Chair urges passage of media shield now

October 23, 2007

• House Judiciary investigates Charles Walker case

October 22, 2007

• Leahy and Specter demand access to secret surveillance documents

October 19, 2007

• Judge recommends TRO for White House

October 18, 2007

• EFF demands telecom lobbying records from director of national intelligence

October 17, 2007

• Rep. Lamar Smith opposes RESTORE ACT
• House expected to vote on electronic surveillance

October 12, 2007

• EFF tells Congress about hidden cost of "dragnet spying"
• Qwest targeted for saying "no" to spy program?

October 11, 2007

• CREW files TRO to stop White House from destroying documents
• Bunning places hold on presidential records act

October 10, 2007

• House to vote next week on reporter shield law

October 9, 2007

• Lamar Smith disappointed by FISA Fix
• FISA fix from House Democrats

October 8, 2007

• Reporter shield law: making sense of supreme court rule

October 7, 2007

• EFF hires Washington pros to fight telecom immunity

October 3, 2007

• Cornyn key player on proposed media shield law

October 2, 2007

• ACLU tells congress to "get with it"

October 1, 2007

• Stealth campaign to protect telecom from lawsuits?

September 28, 2007

• Nixon aide:government secrecy troubling

September 27, 2007

• Kyl tries to gut media shield law

September 26, 2007

• Do reporters need a shield?

September 25, 2007

• International Right to Know Day

September 24, 2007

• Interior Whistleblower's claims confirmed by audit

September 21, 2007

• Coast Guard conceal names of rescue victims

September 14, 2007

• Surveillance clock ticks away

September 11, 2007

• Free speech in post 9/11 world
• White House aides get reprieve from contempt filings

September 10, 2007

• Conyers demands answers in allegations of political prosecutions
• Check out the power of FOIA
• Bipartisan support for reporter shield law

September 6, 2007

• Legal battle brews over NSA spy program

September 5, 2007

• NPR looks at government secrecy
• Welcome to the Bob Barr love fest

September 3, 2007

• More trouble for White House on missing White House e-mails

August 31, 2007

• ACLU responds to FBI spying on Coretta Scott King

August 30, 2007

• Millions of missing e-mails
• IG probes Gonzales Statements
• Government secrecy report card coming out

August 29, 2007

• New CRS report on eavesdropping powers

August 28, 2007

• Panel wants to question Army secretary on aid to Iraqi forces

August 27, 2007

• Censorship fears surround World War II documentary
• Checks on eavesdropping program

August 23, 2007

• The broken record of FOIA

August 22, 2007

• Report all talks with congress or else

August 21, 2007

• Waxman: federal agencies cough up documents

August 17, 2007

• Secret Court tells Bush administration to answer
• Court gives "State Secret" case another shot
• Open Government advocate steps down

August 16, 2007

• Conyers: Gonzales needs to explain
• More trouble for Gonzales
• EEF presses to hold AT&T accountable for spying
• ABA drops controversial effort to seal criminal records
• Bill Richardson pledges to open government