Transparency
Encrypted Social Network 'Minds' Will Protect User Data From Government and Corporate Snoops
Minds excels where other popular social networks, particularly Facebook, fail: transparency and protecting user privacy.
How Probable Cause Got Replaced by the 'Government Need' Standard
The NSA can still obtain the phone calls, emails, and text messages of all Americans under the USA Freedom Act.
Abolish Secretive Special Ops Forces
For our own safety, we must disband these squads of killers.
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
The USA Freedom Act Is Inscrutable—and That's How Politicians Like It
Power thrives in complexity, just as roaches flourish in the dark.
The USA Freedom Act Passes! Senate Approves Restrictions on Surveillance Against Americans.
Modest, but actual, scaling back on metadata collection authorities.
Will McConnell's Amendments Gut Surveillance Reform?
The Senate majority leader tries to kill FISA Court transparency.
Environmental Protection Agency
The EPA Manufactures Its Own Consent
Justifies new water regs on the grounds that 90 percent of public comments it solicited favored them.
Getting to the Truth About the Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
A long article in the London Review of Books further demolishes the Obama administration's official tale.
Justice Dept. Mulling Reform on Phone Tracking, as Long as It Doesn't Actually Help People
Law enforcement leaders seem concerned that due process helps defendants. That's the point.
Prying Open Government: The Sunlight Foundation's Fight for Transparency
Q&A with President Chris Gates
Cameras in the Court
Will allowing recording devices unleash the Supremes' inner Judge Judys?
When Open Government Slams Shut
Failed transparency, from Hillary Clinton's emails to hidden campaign contributions
Hillary Clinton Was Asked About Her Email Use Years Ago and Didn't Respond
That was ages ago; we've moved on to analyzing her lunches.
Department of Homeland Security
DHS Will Now Indicate When Somebody's on Their No-Fly List
You are now free to discover whether you are actually free to fly the friendly skies.
Pricing the Public Out of Public Records: $100 for a School-Board Meeting Record?
Ain't no sunshine in West Lafayette
What if Hillary Doesn't Care?
What if the real reason for Clinton's email secrecy was not personal convenience but fear of exposure of her true thoughts and unguarded behavior?
Ain't No Sunshine When He's On: Obama Administration Most Opaque Ever
Another record in avoiding transparency
Obama's Tepid Response to the Clinton Email Scandal
Mr. President, are you not troubled that your secretary of state had a non-secure email account and used it for all of her work?
Why Conservatives Should Fight for Death Penalty Drug Transparency
Capital punishment fails the "conservative litmus test."
Police Mum on Fatal Shooting of Mexican National, Mexican Government Condemns Third Shooting in Less than Month
Witnesses say Ernesto Canepa was unarmed when he was shot by police in Santa Ana, Calif., media reports suggest he was a robbery suspect.
The Battle for Death Penalty Transparency
Journalists and prisoners stage a First Amendment challenge to state secrecy regarding executions.
Lack of Transparency on North Dakota Police Shooting Spurs Scathing Editorial
Authorities blame involvement of multiple agencies for info issues, say they're trying to be as transparent as possible.
Police Suddenly Care About Citizen Privacy When Body Cameras Enter the Picture
Missouri legislator wants to keep police recordings secret.
The Case of the Mysteriously Missing Export-Import Bank Data
Information being used to critique the cronyist institution has disappeared online.
Idaho Bill Seeks to Make Executions Even Less Transparent
Broadly written law could hide sources of lethal injection drugs and even the identity of an executed prisoner.
Inspector General Pissed Over TSA Censorship of Critical Report
It's not the Transparency Security Administration, for sure.
Use of Chokeholds "Alarming," Says NYPD Inspector General's Report
Disciplining offending officers is "complex" and "inconsistent."
Transparency is a Pro-Government Policy
Secrecy breeds mistrust among the public, an assumption that the government is doing things it shouldn't
All Torture is Criminal Under All Circumstances
If the allegations in the CIA torture report are true, we have war criminals, perjurers, computer hackers and thugs on the government payroll.
Drug Task Force in Rural Missouri Denies Own Existence
Secret drug task force will not disclose any public records
City of Ferguson Charges Vice More Than $1,200 for Open Records Request, Turns Over Just Seven Emails
Stonewalling with high fees?
