Issues

EFF receives documentation of hundreds of possibly illegal Pentagon activities

March 2, 2010 - 5:23pm

Our vigilant partners at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have forced hundreds of documents from the Pentagon concerning spying on U.S. persons.  What follows is the full story from EFF's website:
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The Department of Defense has released more than 800 heavily-redacted pages of intelligence oversight reports, detailing activities that its Inspector General has “reason to believe are unlawful.” The reports are the latest in an ongoing document release by more than a half-dozen intelligence agencies in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by EFF in July 2009.

Recovery Act Transparency – Implementation and Effectiveness

February 23, 2010 - 8:50pm
Feb 24 2010 15:00

Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time
Location: 2040 S St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 and live on the web
Panelists: Judith Browne-Dianis, The Advancement Project; Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica; Craig Jennings, OMB Watch; Phil Mattera, Good Jobs First

U.S. House told: Support transparency in health care legislation

January 22, 2010 - 7:24pm

January 20, 2010

Dear Representative:

On behalf of an ideologically diverse coalition of millions of Americans, we write to strongly urge that you sign the discharge petition for H. Res. 847. Introduced by Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL), this petition would force a vote on a bipartisan "Sunshine Resolution" to call on Congress and the Obama Administration to conduct all negotiations surrounding landmark health care reform legislation "in full public view and not behind closed doors."

Norquist, Hamsher letter to Holder; End Corruption at Freddie Mac , More Transparency...

December 24, 2009 - 3:16pm

Dear Attorney General Holder:

We write to demand an immediate investigation into the activities of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. We believe there is an abundant public record which establishes that the actions of the White House have blocked any investigation into his activities while on the board of Freddie Mac from 2000-2001, and facilitated the cover up of potential malfeasance until the 10-year statute of limitations has run out.

Strange coalition targets Ben Bernanke By VICTORIA MCGRANE

December 7, 2009 - 11:36am

There’s a strange political cocktail brewing in Washington, one that mixes top conservative strategist Grover Norquist and tea party organizers at FreedomWorks with democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), progressive activists and public interest advocates.