[via boingboing.net]
The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. It says:
Tag: blogger
Secret copyright treaty leaks. It’s bad. Very bad.
Posted by – 04/02/2010
TSA Threatens Blogger Who Posted New Screening Directive
Posted by – 04/01/2010
[via Wired.com, originally written by Kim Zetter]
In the wake of public outcry against the Transportation Security Administration for serving civil subpoenas on two bloggers, the government agency has canceled the legal action and apologized for the strong-arm tactics agents used.
Travel writer and photographer Steven Frischling, who was served with a subpoena by two TSA agents on Tuesday, told Threat Level that he received a phone call Thursday evening from John Drennan, deputy chief counsel for enforcement at TSA, telling him the administration was withdrawing its subpoena.