Secrecy

U.S. Military Ponders Hiring or Hacking Bloggers

by Diane Farsetta — April 1, 2008 - 11:53am

"Hiring a block of bloggers to verbally attack a specific person or promote a specific message may be worth considering," suggests a 2006 study written for the U.S. military's Special Operations Command.

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Wired.com blog "Danger room," March 31, 2008

Sierra Club Bleaches Dissent on Clorox Deal

by Diane Farsetta — March 28, 2008 - 10:24am

In an unprecedented move by one of the Big Green environmental groups, the "Sierra Club's national board voted March 25 to remove the leaders of the Club's 35,000-member Florida chapter, and to suspend the Chapter for four years." What did the chapter do?

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Rachel's Democracy & Health News, March 27, 2008

Imaging Study Leaves Tobacco Funding Out of the Picture

by Anne Landman — March 26, 2008 - 4:12pm

The lead author of the largest lung cancer screening study ever performed has come under fire for accepting cigarette company funding for the study. Dr.

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New York Times, March 26, 2008

Army Flacks Miss the Point on Guantanamo

by Diane Farsetta — March 26, 2008 - 11:55am

Graphic by Carlos LatuffTwenty Army National Guard public information officers based in Madison, Wisconsin, will soon begin a year-long stint at the U.S.

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The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), March 21, 2008

Telling It Like It Is

by Bob Burton — March 25, 2008 - 1:27am

The director of external relations for Procter & Gamble, Mark Chakravarty, recently told a UK healthcare PR conference that the drug industry is less than popular with the public. "There is a high suspicion of the pharma industry. Greed, dishonesty and fraud are some of its associations. The clinical trial press this week and an increased number of drug scandals add to this image," he said.

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PR Week (UK), March 13, 2008

Great Wall of Silence About Tibetan Protests

by Diane Farsetta — March 18, 2008 - 4:34pm

Protest in northeastern Tibet (source: Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy)"China has begun to fight back against criticism of its handling of the Tibetan protests," during which protesters have been killed, with

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The Guardian (UK), March 18, 2008

Adios, Online Privacy

by Sheldon Rampton — March 16, 2008 - 12:49am

The National Security Agency, once known for its skill in eavesdropping on the world's telephone calls, is adapting to the times by "focusing on widespread monitoring of e-mail messages and text messages, recording of Web browsing, and other forms of electronic data-mining, all done without court supervision," reports Declan McCullagh.

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The Iconoclast, March 11, 2008

Despite Congressional Direction and Funding, EPA Libraries Remain Closed

by Judith Siers-Poisson — March 14, 2008 - 3:26pm

The Environmental Protection Agency began closing several of its libraries in 2006 due to a shrinking budget. But the agency did not take into account how access to important environmental data would be blocked for legislators, researchers and citizens.

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Washington Post, March 14, 2008
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