Sign up for OpenTheGovernment.org Updates on Secrecy - August 9, 2004 Vol.5, No.16

August 9, 2004 Vol.5, No.16:

Published: 08/09/2004

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With new proposals to expand government secrecy emerging weekly, it's hard to keep up with it all. To wit: The transportation spending bill working through Congress could allow officials to hide hazardous waste hauling through communities across the U.S. One piece of legislation would expand the Patriot Act, another would make permanent sections of the Patriot Act set to expire in 2005, yet a third would restore civil liberties protections for libraries and bookstores asked to divulge their patrons' reading habits. The Department of Homeland Security may propose plans to hide unclassified information even as some Republican members of Congress charge federal agencies keep too many secrets. All this and more was covered in the OpenTheGovernment.org Weekly Update.

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