Day: September 10, 2013

Senators Wyden and Udall Statement on the Declassification of FISA Court Opinions on Bulk Collection of Phone Data

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) issued the following statement after the declassification — as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union — of more than 1800 pages of[Read More…]

Five More Organizations Join EFF Lawsuit Against NSA Surveillance

National Lawyers Guild, Patient Privacy Rights and The Shalom Center Among 22 Groups Asserting Right to Free Association San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  Five new groups—including civil-rights lawyers, medical-privacy advocates and Jewish social-justice activists—have joined a lawsuit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) against the National Security Agency (NSA) over[Read More…]

Independent Police Review Authority Committee Starts Search with Open Applications Process

Expected to Expand Pool of Qualified Candidates for Independent Police Review Authority Chief Administrator CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the independent committee conducting the search for the next chief administrator to lead the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) is starting with an open application process and is[Read More…]

Secret NSA Documents Released in Response to ACLU Lawsuit

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  The government today declassified 14 documents relating to legal violations by the NSA’s spying program. The documents were released pursuant to an agreement in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in May 2011. The ACLU’s FOIA request seeks documents[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan Files Suit Over Illegal Eviction Practices

Attorney General Sues Safeguard Properties LLC for Breaking into Legally Occupied Homes, Changing Locks & Shutting Off Utilities Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced she has filed a lawsuit against Safeguard Properties LLC for illegally evicting struggling Illinois homeowners by breaking into their homes, changing locks to[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Proclaims September 11 as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance

“Portrait of a Soldier” Memorial Exhibition on Display at Columbia College Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and servicemembers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by proclaiming Sept. 11, 2013 as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Senate Marijuana Hearing: Era of Robust State-Based Regulation Has Begun

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a first-ever Senate hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal marijuana laws. “It feels like there’s a paradigm shift underway in the Justice Department’s interpretation of federal drug control law,” said Ethan Nadelmann,[Read More…]

MPP Statement on U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on ‘Conflicts Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws’

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday regarding “Conflicts Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws.” The Justice Department announced on August 29 that it will not seek to stop Colorado and Washington from moving forward with implementation of voter-approved laws establishing state-regulated systems of[Read More…]

Statement on Syria by Secretary of Defense Hagel Before the House Armed Services Committee, Sept. 10, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Smith and members of the committee. The Department of Defense has the responsibility to protect the national security interests of the United States, and General Dempsey and I take that responsibility very seriously. That’s why I strongly support President Obama’s decision to[Read More…]

Remarks By Secretary of State Kerry Before the House Armed Services Committee on Proposed Authorization to Use Military Force in Syria, Sept. 10, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, and distinguished members of the committee, I’m privileged to be here this morning with Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey, and we are all of us – all three of us – very much looking forward to a conversation with you about[Read More…]

ARCHIVES