Al Masry Al Youm has posted an update from Libya delivered via Egypt, since Libya’s Internet access has been cut. Suleiman Saghir, a Libyan who made it to Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh through Salloum, described the current events back home as “atrocious and unimaginable.” He said hunderds of Libyans have sought refuge in Egypt since the … Continue reading Libyans Flee to Egypt, Release Evidence of Crimes
America has a sad “gag rule” history few Americans know. …the U.S. House of Representatives instituted the “gag rule,” the first instance of what would become a traditional practice forbidding the House from considering anti-slavery petitions. Representative James Hammond of South Carolina first proposed the gag rule in December 1835. It lasted years, and was … Continue reading Woodlock Gags Speech, Again
The Guardian says American security officials perceive risk from releasing any information from the prisoners, including poems: …most of the poems, including the lament by Al Hela which first sparked Falkoff’s interest, are unlikely to ever see the light of day. Not content with imprisoning the authors, the Pentagon has refused to declassify many of … Continue reading Poetry of Guantanamo Bay
The San Francisco Chronicle has posted a story about the Kansas BTK killings that brings to light the privacy issues with family-wide medical records. [Detectives] learned that Rader had a daughter who had attended Kansas State University, and they reasoned that at some point she must have used the medical clinic, said Wichita police Lt. … Continue reading Using your medical records to convict your family