Interesting: Centers for Disease Control Under Seige

Deirdre Imus: CDC Under Siege
By Deirdre Imus(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
In a February 8, 2008 article in the AJC, "CDC under investigation over Katrina cancer risk," investigative journalist Alison Young reported the House Committee on Science and Technology has begun investigating "disturbing allegations" ...
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Documents: Internal Memo on "Dungeon of Fallujah"

Wikileaks.org publishes an interesting internal U.S. military memo here on conditions in the "Dungeon of Fallujah."

Books: "Bush's Law: The Remaking of American Justice"

Posted today at Cryptome.org: The behind-the-scenes story of one NYT journalist's attempt to investigate a U.S. government surveillance program. See review here.

Documents: None of 72 Pentagon Weapons Programs Meet Standards, GAO Reports

Posted today at Cryptome.org: The U.S. Congressional Government Accountability Office's March 2008 Defense Acquisitions report, titled "Assessments of Selected Weapon Programs." It found: "Of the 72 programs GAO assessed this year, none of them had proceeded through system development meeting the best practices standards for mature technologies, stable design, or mature production processes by critical junctures of the program, each of which are essential for achieving planned cost, schedule, and performance outcomes."

In the Courts: Toronto Star Libel Appeal Argues Public Interest

Star argues 'responsible journalism' in libel appeal
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... plans to expand his private Frog's Breath golf course, was "serious investigative journalism that our law must protect and preserve," Schabas said. ...
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Jobs: Transparency Program Director Sought

From today's Secrecy News bulletin, published by the Federation of American Scientists: The Open Society Institute, a philanthropic foundation founded by George Soros that works to promote democratic governance, is seeking to hire a program director for its work on transparency in the U.S. (Secrecy News has received funding from OSI.)

The OSI transparency program "will use a combination of grantmaking strategies and programmatic initiatives to ensure transparency and effective oversight of government and to protect the integrity of government institutions." A description of the Program Director position and the desired skills and qualifications may be found here.

In the Law: PM Retreats on UK Media Bill

PM seeks retreat on bill to outlaw press spying
Guardian - UK
Peers were recently told by one minister, Lord Hunt, that Brown was concerned "to make sure that legitimate investigative journalism is not impeded". ...
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In the Law: Bill to Mean End of Investigative Journalism in the UK?

Donald Trelford on The Press
Independent - London,England,UK
There is a serious risk that a Bill criminalising investigative journalism will creep into law. An amendment to section 55 of the Data Protection Act, ...
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Investigation: U.S. Staged Covert Coup in Palestine

Democracy and other fairy tales
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
David Rose, a contributing editor and investigative journalist for Vanity Fair, provides a detailed expose in the current issue of the magazine of how the ...
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Journalists Attacked: Politkovskaya Assassin Reported ID'ed

Hunt on for suspect in Russian reporter's murder
Guardian - UK
Murdered Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya is seen. Sunday will be the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. ...
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