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News Highlights - June 23, 2015

FOIA Trial Offers Rare Look into How FBI Searches Records, Responds to Requests
Secret Surveillance Court Skips Talking to Privacy Advocates
Homeland Security Found in Violation of Open-Records Law
 

News Highlights - June 19-22, 2015

The Secrecy of the Snowden Documents
In First Batch of Released Cheney Papers, a Peek at a Polarizing Figure
Justice Watchdog Continues to Clash with FBI Over Access to Documents
The CIA Can’t Keep Its Drone Propaganda Straight
The Mystery of the BOP, the CIA and Afghanistan
The Hidden Meaning (Maybe) of the New FISC Opinion
Homeland Security found in violation of open-records law

News Highlights - June 17, 2015

Secretive Surveillance Court Skips Talking to Privacy Advocates
FOIA trial offers rare look into how FBI searches records, responds to requests
Judge OKs executive privilege in drone FOIA case

News Highlights - June 17, 2015

Senate Votes to Turn Presidential Ban on Torture into Law
Editorial: Congressional Research Belongs to the Public
Pro-Trade Dems: Secrecy Hurting Obama
House Passes Bill to Authorize Intelligence Programs
 

News Highlights - June 16, 2015

Opinion: Today's Senate Vote on Torture is a Moral Test
New Docs Raise Questions About CIA Spying Here at Home
Agencies Looking for Internal Data Turn to USAspending.gov
Why Does a FISA Court Decide if Twitter Can Talk About its Dealings with FISA?
 

News Highlights - June 15, 2015

CIA Releases Secret Report Identifying Errors Before 9/11
Feds Propose Secrecy Order in Dennis Hastert Case
When a Government Declares Memories Classified
 

News Highlights - June 12, 2015

Going Big on DATA Act Implementation
Democrats Block Effort to Attach Cybersecurity Legislation to Defense Bill
Union Presses OPM on Lack of Transparency About Data Breach
Electronic Communication Should Force FOIA Advancement
Judge Orders Release of Pentagon Records in Jason Leopold FOIA Case
 

News Highlights - June 11, 2015

New FOIA Exemption at Stake in Cybersecurity Bill Fight
Proposed Torture Ban Includes New Transparency and Oversight Mechanisms
US Government Starting to Allow CIA Torture Victims to Discuss Their Own Memories
House Intelligence Bill Would PCLOB Oversight
In Classified Corners of Defense Bill, Lawmakers Back Drone Overhaul
Releasing Osama Bin Laden's Porn Stash: The Public's Heroic Battle with the CIA Continues
 

News Highlights - June 10, 2015

Previously Concealed Misconduct Will Soon Become Public for Some Feds
A Bipartisan Group of US Senators Wants to Re-Ban Torture Again
As US Presence in Afghanistan Shrinks, So Does Oversight
 

News Highlights - June 9, 2015

Obama Lawyers Asked Secret Court to Ignore Public Court's Decision on Spying
Maybe the Supreme Court Shouldn't Police Itself on Financial Disclosure
HHS Launches New Beta for HealthData.gov
 

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