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ACLU Attorney Helps Expose SecretsMany of you know about the documentary Secrecy from the ACLU Membership Conference in June, where we screened it and hosted a Q&A with filmmakers Robb Moss and Peter Galison afterwards. Co-director Robb Moss was also part of the Rights, Camera, Action panel discussion on Sunday, June 8, and his fellow co-director Peter Galison spoke on the panel, "The Battle Between Government Secrecy and the Public's Right to Know," on Monday, June 9. Galison said: In a single recent year the U.S. classified about five times the number of pages added to the Library of Congress. We live in a world where the production of secret knowledge dwarfs the production of open knowledge. Depending on whom you ask, government secrecy is either the key to victory in our struggle against terrorism, or our Achilles heel.What you might not know is that since the conference Robb and Peter have added footage to the film to include an interview with ACLU attorney Ben Wizner about our client Khaled El-Masri and state secrets. Ben will participate in some discussions across the country as the film opens in theaters today. More information on the film is available here on the film's official website, and more on the ACLU's work around these issues can be found here.
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Feb 23rd, 2009 at 1:24pm
My wife slipped & fell flat on her face on the sidewalk that enters an alley maintained by the city of Ontario, Oregon.The fall was caused by rocks & mud being left on the sidewalk by either a cintravter or the city. She has had a fair amount of medical expenses due to the fall. She has talked to several attorneys & they all say their wouldnt' be enough money in it to sue. So they suggested that she file a small claims for $7500.00. Thats the most you can sue for in Oregon small claims. She filled out the forms & the small claims court won't let her file it because it would be a conflict of interest for the judge to hear the case.What should we do now? Our email address is ddk@fmtc.com If anyone has the answer please email us. Thank you