The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) obtained new NSA documents late yesterday afternoon in response to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made in early June 2013. These documents sent to the PCJF have been posted below alongside…
Reprinted from Washington City Paper NSA leaker Edward Snowden may be in Russia, but his face could soon be rolling through the streets of D.C. The Partnership for Civil Justice, a D.C.-based legal nonprofit that has represented Occupy Wall Street protesters, is raising money to…
Lawsuit was filed after State Dept. refused to produce materials on U.S. government payments to Miami-based journalists during Cuban Five Prosecution The PCJF filed a Freedom of Information Act Lawsuit against the U.S. State Department for its refusal to produce…
Joins support campaign for NSA whistle-blower Pultizer Prize winning author Alice Walker Author Alice Walker has joined the ‘Thank You, Ed Snowden’ campaign, which has quickly been joined by thousands of people over the last two weeks. We are on…
Reprinted from News 10 ABC WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a staunch defender of President Barack Obama’s surveillance programs, plans to take a critical look at the government’s intelligence-gathering activities after Congress returns Sept. 9 from its monthlong break. The California…
A defining moment and call to action The endorsement yesterday by Congress of the NSA’s domestic spying program comes as no surprise. The Obama administration and leaders of both major political parties fought hard for the continuation of this unprecedented…
Demands also sent to other federal agencies for disclosure of documents Within hours of Edward Snowden’s courageous revelations about the U.S. government’s massive spying program against the people of the United States and the world, the Partnership for Civil Justice…
Fears that environmentally linked disasters could spur anti-government activism Reprinted from The Guardian Top secret US National Security Agency (NSA) documents disclosed by the Guardian have shocked the world with revelations of a comprehensive US-based surveillance system with direct access to Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft…
Reprinted from NPR An obviously unhappy Judge Edward Korman has approved the Obama administration’s proposal to make just one formulation of the morning-after birth control pill available over the counter without age restrictions. But in a testily worded , the federal…
Attorneys and Plaintiffs Speak Out In response to a battle for over a decade to eliminate all restrictions on access to the Morning-After Pill, the Obama administration has just announced that it will comply with a federal court ruling ordering…
PCJF: A long legal battle enters a new stage Obama Administration Says it is Dropping Legal Fight to Keep Morning-After Pill from Women in United States Front page coverage from The New York Times below In response to a battle…
Reprinted from The New York Times The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the most popular morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama. The reversal…