Tag Archives: first amendment
US Park Police remove 32 year old peace vigil in DC
Concepcion Picciotto held a vigil for 32 years across the street from the White House, protesting war and nuclear proliferation. Her small encampment never left the edge of Lafayette Square, her tent surrounded by signs with slogans like “Read My Lips, No New Wars.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/after-32-years-a-protester-briefly-loses-her-spot-near-the-white-house.html?ref=us “I’ve been beaten up, arrested many times and gassed,” said […]
US Justice Department rules against reporter in CIA case
The Justice Department on Monday asked a full federal appeals court not to hear arguments from lawyers for a New York Times reporter, James Risen, whom prosecutors have subpoenaed to testify in a criminal leak case against a former C.I.A. officer, Jeffrey Sterling. A three-judge panel of the appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled in […]
CBS Meet the Press insinuates Greenwald complicit
“To the extent that you have aided and abetted Snowden, even in his current movements, why shouldn’t you, Mr. Greenwald, be charged with a crime?” said CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) news anchor David Gregory. Journalist and and attorney Glenn Greenwald replied that it was “pretty extraordinary that anybody who would call themselves a journalist would […]
UK to restrict free press
“A free press cannot be free if it is dependent on and accountable to a regulatory body recognized by the state," http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/europe/british-newspapers-new-press-rules.html?ref=world “The bitter irony is this long-drawn out debate comes when the Internet — which, being global, has no regulatory restraints — is driving newspapers out of business.” “If politicians had devoted half as […]
Dirty Babylon 