Burningbird
There’s a scene in Jurassic Park where the character played by Laura Dern, having just escaped being raptor kibble, sees her close friend (played by Sam Neill) in the distance. She softly shouts out through gritted teeth, “Run! Run!” She’s not telling Neill to run; she’s telling herself to run. She’s not telling Neill to […]
Kevin Poulson of Wired has published an update on the Aaron Swartz document release. Evidently the government found more documents and wanted time to review before releasing. The Judge said, “No way”, and that the government has to start releasing documents already reviewed, and provide a timetable when the rest will be released. Poulson has stated […]
In the news is a letter written by John Kiriakou to Edward Snowden. John Kiriakou is currently serving 30 months in prison for exposing the name of a CIA operative, and his association with a covert CIA operation. If you want to know more about the Kiriakou trial, the Federation of American Scientists has kindly made copies […]
Ernie Lazar is a man who made a signification number of FOIA requests to the FBI over the years. According to the Medipedia entry on Ernie Lazar: Ernest Lazar also Ernie Lazar (born 1945) is a “conspiracy buff”, researcher, and archivist of American nationalist and anti-communist organizations and individuals. Since 1980 he has flooded the FBI […]
update: July 9, 2013 The USDA has posted a link to copies of horse slaughter inspection requests. —- The Judge evidently conferred with plaintiffs and from what I can decipher from court documents, the USDA agreed to hold on inspections until some form of resolution of the case (document20). According to the schedule set out by […]