Monday, July 10, 2006

$1 million Defense Department grant 'to limit the scope of the Freedom of Information Act.'

MySA.com: Metro | State: "Bob Richter: Going after the Freedom of Information Act is a slippery slope | Web Posted: 07/09/2006 12:00 AM CDT | San Antonio Express-News

The Express-News reported Friday that St. Mary's University's Center for Terrorism Law has received a $1 million Defense Department grant 'to limit the scope of the Freedom of Information Act.'

Journalists get slippery-slope worries when we hear the Pentagon wants to alter a law that allows the sun to shine on what politicians and government officials do behind closed doors.

As a federal judge in Michigan (Damon J. Keith) said a couple years ago: 'Democracies die behind closed doors.'" ...

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