Tue 9 Jun 2009
Defeat of Graham-Lieberman and the ongoing war on transparency
Posted by k under Civil Liberties , DemocracyNo Comments
Glenn Greenwald Salon 6/09/09
Yesterday, there was a potentially temporary though still quite significant victory for those who believe in open government and transparency:  as Jane Hamsher first reported, House leaders and the White House were forced to remove the Graham-Lieberman photo suppression amendment from the war supplemental spending bill, because widespread opposition to that amendment among progressive House Democrats was jeopardizing passage of the spending bill.  (more…)