Topic: Steven Aftergood
Quotes
If the Bush folks are going to play games with the records, no self-respecting academic institution should cooperate
University under pressure on Bush secrecy Feb 05, 2007
It's significant that their emphasis seems to be on relatively closed societies rather than the U.S. or Europe, that have a rather robust media sector
Wikileaks to serve as online Deep Throat Jan 15, 2007
Is it a political process that is open to wide-ranging debate, or is it more like a closed circle of elite decision-makers
White House doubled classified documents Apr 30, 2006
Kessler is one of the few judges who has displayed an understanding of the Freedom of Information law and has applied it the way Congress originally intended. She distinguishes carefully between those things the law is intended to protect and those things which should be withheld
Feature: D.C. judge in center of storm Aug 09, 2002
What I find most encouraging is that there is a core group of people at the White House who genuinely care about these issues
Ethics watchdogs give Obama high marks Dec 28, 2009
Steven Aftergood is a critic of U.S. government secrecy policy. He directs the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy and is the author of the Federation newsletter Secrecy News. In 1991, Aftergood exposed the highly classifed Timber Wind program, an unacknowledged Department of Defense special access program to develop a nuclear reactor powered rocket engine. He received the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award in 2010. He has been an outspoken critic of WikiLeaks and turned down an invitation to serve on its advisory board in 2007. Aftergood has a bachelors in science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (1977), and has worked for the Federation since 1989.
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