Secrecy

Military PR To Recruit Bodies, Hearts and Minds

by Diane Farsetta — June 12, 2007 - 3:24pm

"Army Strong, as the Army's latest recruiting campaign is called ... has a definite emphasis on electronic communications, from opportunities to chat live on the Web site with soldiers ... to interactive sections showing what boot camp is like, the different specialties the Army trains people for, and more," writes PR Week.

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PR Week, June 4, 2007

Guest Blog: The Sunlight Foundation's Paul Blumenthal on Sen. Mitch McConnell & The Blocked Transparency Legislation

by Conor Kenny — June 1, 2007 - 4:07pm
  • Topics: U.S. Congress, Secrecy

    • Managing Editor's note: This is a guest blog by User:Paul Blumenthal, one of SourceWatch's citizen editors and a staffer for the Sunlight Foundation who blogs at In Broad Daylight. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center for Media and Democracy.

    FDA Rejects Sunlight

    by Sheldon Rampton — May 30, 2007 - 10:43pm

    In the wake of the latest study showing heart attack risk in an FDA-approved drug, there have been increased calls for greater transparency of clinical trial results. What does the U.S. Food and Drug Administration think about requiring companies to publicly release all of their trial results?

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    GoozNews, March 23, 2007

    Unhealthy Secrecy

    by Bob Burton — May 30, 2007 - 3:26am

    The chairperson of the Best Medicines Coalition (BMC), Louise Binder, recently appeared before the Canadian parliament's health committee to argue the case for patients gaining access to newer and more expensive drugs. When asked who funded BMC, Binder told the committee that half its funding came from the government agency, Health Canada, and the remainder was from the drug industry.

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    CanWest News Service, May 28, 2007

    Young, Reliable "Activists" Outed as Corporate Spooks

    by Bob Burton — May 28, 2007 - 7:38am

    A private investigation company, Thompson & Clark Investigations, employed agents to infiltrate environmental, peace and animal rights groups in New Zealand, investigative journalist Nicky Hager has revealed.

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    Sunday Star Times (New Zealand), May 27, 2007

    U.S. Watchdogs: A French Perspective

    by Judith Siers-Poisson — May 22, 2007 - 3:31pm

    Le Palais Bourbon, seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government.

    French daily Le Monde ran a piece examining the U.S. practice of watchdogging the role of money in the political process, which is lacking in France. "In France, the situation is quite different.

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    LeMonde.fr, May 21, 2007

    Congress to Pentagon: Can I Get a Witness?

    by Diane Farsetta — May 15, 2007 - 1:56pm

    In a move criticized as a "blatant attempt to bog down investigations of the [Iraq] war," a Defense Department official has issued guidelines that "prohibit most officers below the rank of colonel from appearing in [Congressional] hearings, restricting testimony to high-ranking officers and civilians appointed by President Bush." The guidelines were written

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    Boston Globe, May 10, 2007

    Afghanistan's "Must Ban TV" and Other Press Concerns

    by Diane Farsetta — May 7, 2007 - 11:07am

    "Intimidation and harassment of the Afghan news media have come from a variety of sources," reports Pamela Constable, "including government prosecutors, police, regional militias, parliament, Islamic clerical councils and U.S.-led military forces." The Afghan parliament is considering banning "news coverage that disturbs the public or has an 'un-Islamic' theme." The measure, which is expected

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    Washington Post, May 7, 2007
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