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MuckRock launches its first law suit. The target none other than CIA.
No, they aren't seeking to uncover who murdered JFK or compensations for subjects of CIA special rendition, but the action is important for a transparent civil society: specifically, they seek information about the processes used by CIA to handle FOIA requests.
For those not knowing who/what Muckrock is, they are the guys that will assists anyone in filing governmental FOIA requests then publish the obtained information for the public. Notably:
- they partnered with EFF in getting info on how the various governance and law enforcement bodies plan to use drones on US territory
- they caused the Boston police to suspend the use of hightech licence plate scanners
- and, in partnershsip with beacon reader, they plan to uncover the extent of law enforcement access to mobile communication data, including the level in which stingray devices are employed
To my mind, chipping in $5 or using their services to lodge your own FOIA requests may have more beneficial effect on the USA society than venting our spleen on SN (which, while good for us, I don't have any illusions it would make too much of a difference on society)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Thursday June 12 2014, @08:00PM
Yes, except we have travelled far beyond the bounds of windmills, and you know that we have. Everyone who is not 12, and who is not actively deluding themselves knows that we find ourselves now in a twilight land. We know that what judges say in a system wherein winner-takes-all, means little. We know that those who become governors and commissioners and so on, do not exemplify law-and-order. They have rather defined themselves as chief among criminals. There was a time when Congress was a check on Executive and Judiciary power. There was a time when the Supreme Court was a check on the Congress and Whitehouse. That time is remarkably, dramatically, gone.
We American citizens find ourselves now in an unprecedented time. Every avenue of peaceful political evolution has been coopted. There is no way now to effect political change without shooting or being shot. My life, and your life, and the lives of every other American citizen is forfeit. It sucks. I wanted to see my children grow to adulthood.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Thursday June 12 2014, @11:04PM
"ubi bene ibi patria" - immigrate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 13 2014, @01:34AM
I chose to not have children for a variety of reasons, and now this adds yet another reason.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 13 2014, @02:50PM
Sure there is, the unions and peace activists figured this out ages ago. Work stoppage. Everyone stop going to work until things change. Economy collapses, mass layoffs, lots of jail time for "the leaders", but you cannot place 150 million people in jail. As history has shown, things will change when this happens. You need enough people to do this, and enough people that care to help their neighbors when food runs out, and those are the problems Americans face: each other, because there will not be enough people to do this, and Americans don't care about their neighbors when they start going hungry. The sad thing is, you only need an industry or two to engage in this, not the entire country, but Americans aren't even able to do that.