From Angela Canterbury @ Watchdog Blog: For more than 40 years, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has been the pillar of the framework for transparent government – the primary advocacy instrument for deterring and exposing unchecked executive power. However, since 9/11, FOIA has been hobbled by a doctrine of secrecy executed with administrative delays and ploys to keep government records “in the shadows.”
Archive for January 11th, 2008
January11
Freedom of Information, sort of
Sometimes the little guy does win. Take the case of the group of Texas activists who took on a big power company’s plan to build 11 coal-fired generators in their state. The new documentary, Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars, produced and narrated by Robert Redford tells their story.
From Edward Klump’s article on Bloomberg.com: “There are no easy answers, no clear solutions,” Redford, 70, says in the 30-minute film. “There is only what each of us is willing to do.”
January11
In the spirit of giving
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Our favorite populist commentator has some special New Year wishes for some of our special “friends” among the power elite. Check it out on his website, Hightower Lowdown.
