Illinoisans would be allowed to make recordings of police officers in public under a bill that an Illinois House committee approved Wednesday. Existing state law allows the audiotaping of a person only if both parties to the conversation give their consent. Videotaping doesn’t require consent, but only if there is no audio with the video. [...]
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The Associated Press reporter Alan Zagier wrote a nice story looking at the tale of two very different searches at my university, one fairly open, one Vatican-like in its secrecy…and I lob an incendiary quote in for good measure! “The law school search really demonstrates the power of this institution to attract high-caliber candidates in [...]
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This is simply fabulous. Among the most interesting and, perhaps, entertaining aspects of the corruption trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner and County Democratic Party boss Jimmy Dimora, is its treatment by the media. By far, most of the Cleveland-based news organizations following the trial — The Plain Dealer, all four television stations, and some [...]
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The wonderful Sunlight Foundation has launched a campaign to make sure that the Super Committee is transparent during its meetings and that the public is aware of all of its operations — in a timely manner. The campaign includes a nifty transparency resources and public response webpage to provide a better understanding of the issue, Congress’ [...]
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This just makes my head explode…from a timely and important op-ed in the New York Times: A former top official in charge of ensuring that real secrets are kept secret has delivered a stunning repudiation of the Obama administration’s decision to use the Espionage Act against a whistle-blower attempting to expose government waste and abuse. [...]
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There might be a gem or three in here…. A federal court in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered the unsealing of the transcript of former President Richard Nixon’s 1975 grand jury testimony related to the Watergate investigation, subject to the “review procedures” of the federal agency in possession of the records. cd
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