Crime Data Controversy: Open or Proprietary

forums.e-democracy.org correspondences on the issue BAD news for opening up broad access to crime data – the number one everyday citizen demanded government information based my direct experience with online community forums. Note some useful links: http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minneapolis_and_St._Paul_crime_data “CrimeReports is contending in a current federal case that public crime data becomes CrimeReports’ own proprietary product in …

Wikileaks Round II (Iraq) Rolling Update 20101105

NOTICE: Within DoD, at least all elements of the Army as well as the Marine Corps Reserve have been given direct, unqualified, written orders not to access the Wikileaks site or read the Wikileaks document via any Government **OR** non-Government computer.  This Rolling Update complies with the DoD guidance. Friday 5 November 2010 WikiLeaks Incidents May …

Review: Operation Dark Heart–Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan — and the Path to Victory

USG Blows It, Makes This a Best-Seller October 5, 2010 Anthony Shaffer EDIT of 7 October 2010 to address the negatives. I can see I need to spell this out more clearly. 1) Let’s distinguish between the book and the heavy-handed (late) censorsorship. The book is an earnest personal effort by an experienced officer who …

Blog del Narco: Uncensored Web Journalism versus Violence of the Mexican Narcosphere

With Journalists Silenced, Mysterious Blogger Reports on Mexico’s Drug Violence By Nate Freeman, August 16, 2010 President Felipe Calderone’s crackdown on drug cartels in Mexico has claimed 28,000 lives since 2006, but the best coverage of the non-stop mob hits and government stings isn’t coming from the nation’s major media outlets. Instead, it comes from …