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This cease and desist letter was sent to the publisher of a consumer protection website, infomercial blog. The response was handled by Public Citizen. It is a clever defense to an abs urd legal argument; but you should read it for yourself.

Favorite quote from Public Citizen, "By this letter, we are inviting you to test the validity of your theory that the writer of a cease and desist letter can avoid public scrutiny by threatening to file a copyright law suit if his letter is disclosed publicly on the internet."

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This report was released by Virginia Tech (with accompanying mp3 testimonies) and details measures that could have been taken to prevent the shootings. Originally released by the school, there are also three other reports not mentioned in most media coverage.

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This document, originally obtained by the ACLU by a FOIA request, details methods that the Office of Presidential Advance, which coordinates all logistics for presidential visits, uses to disrupt demonstrators.

Favorite quotations:

"These rally squads can include, but are not limited to, college/young republican organizations, local athletic teams, and fraternity/sororities."

"If it is determined that the media will not see or hear them and that they pose no potential disruption to the event, they can be ignored."

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This records volume is a collection of materials related to investigative journalism. Enclosed are detailed instructions on how to track corporations, find information on public officials, use the Freedom of Information Act and many others.

Any beginning or intermediate investigative journalist will find these materials useful. There are numerous case studies, laws for particular states in the US and specific information relative to individual industries.

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Washington Post and Boing Boing report that a female Secret Service agent was held by the TSA for spilling the contents of her child's sippy cup at Reagan National Airport on June 14th, 2007. This is the video from the TSA website, along with the incident report.

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The Spy Who Billed Me blog reports that the Defense Intelligence Agency has released a Powerpoint presentation about their budget that conflicts with earlier reports.

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Information Gleaned by: ACLU
Government Agency: Defense Department
Volume of Records: 496 Claims forms filled out by Iraqi and Afghani civilians.
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This volume contains claims by civilians who are requesting monetary damages from the United States for deaths, injuries and property destruction since the beginnings of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The claims of these citizens are written in their own handwriting and the amounts paid for deaths of family members are in the thousands. These forms read like W-2's, it is chilling to see how bureaucratized human life is made out to be. Only about 80 of the claims contain an admission of fault by the US, in the rest blame is systematically discharged by one legal exemption or another.

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Public records are more difficult to get now—in the digital age—than they have been in the past. Investigative reporters and citizen journalists alike all need access to this crucial information, but bureaucratic hurdles make it hard to get even basic information from government agencies. Our goal is to provide solutions by collaborative public records gathering using web technologies and civic coalitions to keep information free.