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Freedom to Read Fou...
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11:13:02 07/25/07

Theresa Chmara, Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Counsel, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., updates librarians on the status of litigation and non-litigation proj...

Freedom to Read Foundation: Status of Recent Litigation Affect...

Added 07/25/07
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Freedom to Read Foundation: Status of Recent Litigation Affecting Libraries

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Theresa Chmara, Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Counsel, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., updates librarians on the status of litigation and non-litigation projects recently undertaken or monitored by the FTRF. She also will provide practical information on how these court cases affect the daily operations of libraries. Cosponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) and FTRF, this program in entitled "Status of Recent Litigation Affecting Libraries".

Paul Reveres or Ben...
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11:05:13 07/24/07

Sibel Edmonds, President, National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, will discuss being fired by the FBI in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security brea...

Paul Reveres or Benedict Arnolds: Whistleblowing in the Post-9...

Added 07/24/07
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Paul Reveres or Benedict Arnolds: Whistleblowing in the Post-9/11 Age

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Sibel Edmonds, President, National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, will discuss being fired by the FBI in March 2002 for reporting shoddy work and security breaches that may have prevented the 9/11 attacks. She will explain firsthand how government secrecy can be abusive and why defending whistleblowing is a free speech issue. Cosponsored by the Intellectual Freedom Committee and the Committee on Legislation this program is entitled "Paul Reveres or Benedict Arnolds?: Whistleblowing in the Post 9/11 Age".

American Library As...
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21:29:03 06/23/07

On June 23, 2007, former Chief Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Royce Lamberth spoke in an open session about the inner-workings of the secreti...

American Library Association Washington Office Update Session:...

Added 06/24/07
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American Library Association Washington Office Update Session: Judge Royce Lamberth

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On June 23, 2007, former Chief Judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Royce Lamberth spoke in an open session about the inner-workings of the secretive court and how it has changed since passage of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 at the American Library Association's 2007 Annual Conference. This video is the Judge's conversation with Tom Sussman, partner in the Washington, DC, law firm of Ropes and Gray.

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