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Sibel Edmonds – State Secrets Gag Order

  See Video 1 of 5, Transcript pgs 42-46 http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374  http://www.bradblog.com/Docs/SibelEdmondsDeposition_Transcript_080809.pdf

How U.S. Spy Ops Censor Web Political Speech

• A co-opted and compliant mainstream media sacrifices its constitutional rights along with the rights of its consumers by refusing to investigate credible reports of Big Brother media censorship.GET POLITICAL w/ VIC LIVINGSTONWhen this journalist attempts to post comments...

Insult to Injury

When Senator Jim Webb flew to Burma and bartered for the release of John William Yettaw he condoned torture, rape and genocide. Also, Webb offered a hint of legitimization to the criminal regime of Than Shwe....

Why were (TEA Party) people not complaining during last 8 years?

"I guess I am sick and tired of people saying: "Why were these (TEA Party / Political Dissenter) people not complaining about things during the last 8 Republican years?" I have 2 answers. FIRST, I was. The...

Are the Days of free speech on count down?

By, Uwe Paschen.  Are the Days of free speech on the Internet on count down?  The 'Minerva' case has sent shockwaves through South Korea's blogging community as well as elsewhere is South East Asia.  This is...

Hate-Crimes Bill Passes, Freedoms of Speech, Religion at Stake

In a post almost two years ago, I wrote about H.R. 1592, a piece of freedom-threatening hate-crimes legislation that was quietly making its way through Congress.  Fortunately, after it passed the House, the...

BC Conservatives to make complainants pay for Human Rights suits

Wilf Hanni is the leader of the upstart BC Conservative Party (no relation to the federal party).  The BC Tories have been in the press lately.  After some internal troubles last year, Hanni has revitalized the party and is aiming to take a seat, and possibly hold...

GOV'T 'FUSION CENTER' SPYING: Pretext to Harass and Censor?

•  Government surveillance programs apparently are not just for spying.•  Regional "fusion centers" administered by the Department of Homeland Security appear to use surveillance as a pretext......for psychological harassment, control over individual...

BC Government Unhappy About Court's Constitutional Ruling

Freedom Of Expression vs. Political Will BC Supreme Court Justice Frank Cole struck down what is known as Bill 42, or the gag law that prohibits pre-election advertising by third parties. With the May 12...

Citizen Journalism Website Triumphs at MediaGuardian Awards 2009

The 2009 Media Guardian Innovation Awards have awarded Demotix (www.demotix.com) a citizen-journalist newswire and photo agency the prize for best Independent Media at the ceremony which took place last night...

Free Speech Not So Free for Geert Wilders- Hate Speech Indictment

Geert Wilders, Dutch politician, has just been indicted on hate speech as a result of his scathing criticisms of Islam as a religion and for its political culture. Wilders produced the film Fitna, and he was...

Amsterdam to prosecute Filmmaker for "hate speech" about Islam

Geert Wilders interviewed about his looming prosecution. "Wilders feels persecuted in 'political process,'" by Herman Staal for NRC Handelsblad, January 23: "Geert Wilders was “completely surprised” when he heard on Wednesday that the appeals court of Amsterdam ruled he...

Public Information- SF City Workers Making $100K+ Real Deal 2008 vs. New Deal...

 The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.Franklin D. Roosevelt - circa 1933This is a posting made...

Kenya Serving as Fairness Doctrine Test Market

Congressional Democrats are not expected to begin their push for reinstatement of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” until next year.  Until then, however, I expect they’ll be paying close attention to...

CPJ Study: Majority of Jailed Journalists are Web-based

A new study from the Committee to Protect Journalists reveals the majority of journalists in prison around the world are web-based; 45% are bloggers or web-based media- print media comprise 42% of the total. China, Cuba and Burma are the worse offenders. Many are imprisoned...

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