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Wash. Post Takes on Rumsfeld
The Washington Post rebuts Rumsfeld's assertion that media criticisms of the Bush Administration's abetting of torture helps the enemy in a head-on edit…
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The Rules of Sharing: A Breakdown of Creative Commons Licenses
In a forthcoming Article, Madhavi Sunder and I analyze the exploitation of the public domain. The Creative Commons is an important project to create a public d…
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Administration Overstates Value of Guantanamo Detainees
A NY Times story finally exposes the shaky foundation of our flouting of U.S. and international law in Guantanamo--that we're saving American lives by stopp…
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I Didn't Want to Show Fear to the Kids
In Fahrenheit 9/11, "[o]ne disturbing vignette shows Bush in a Florida elementary school, dumbstruck upon learning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, with…
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Reminder: Election About Our Children
The winning entry in MoveOn.org's competition for anti-Bush ads is a sobering reminder of what this election is about.…
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DirecTVDefense Update
P2PNet, Slashdot, The New Jersey Star-Ledger, and the Associated Press are reporting on DirecTV's recent agreement with the EFF and the CIS Cyberlaw Clinic.…
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Who Says Nice Guys Don't Win?
Tim Berners-Lee receives the Finnish government's Millennium Technology Prize of a million Euros ($1.2 million). Thanks, Tim, from all of us!…
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Red Cross Complaints About Guantanamo
Memos detailing Red Cross complaints of abuse at Guantanamo are discussed in an article by Scott Higham today in the Washington Post. The memos were leaked to…
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Friday Evening--the Perfect Time for Bad News
The Administration's disclosure of its latest scandal--the partisan undercount of terrorist activity--occurs on a Friday afternoon/evening. This is the cle…
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Administration Has Difficulty Counting
The State Department acknowledged a significant undercount of terrorism incidents in its annual report on terror. It had earlier said that the report demonstra…
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US Government Torture Photos Revealed
The Washington Post produces more evidence of official torture by the United States, documenting the use of dogs to frighten--and attack--prisoners. The distur…
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Don't Talk, Guantanamo Workers Advised
Guantanamo employees are advised by the Government not to speak with defense lawyers for Gitmo prisoners about events there, according to USA Today: The docume…