This is pretty awesome. It was done by Steve LeCouilliard.
s there a legal angle to the WikiLeaks story? The bottom line: the website WikiLeaks, a site that publishes confidential information, got its hands on a huge trove of classified military field reports from the war in Afghanistan, which it then leaked to three publications: the New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel. The information disclosed paints a bleak picture of the war in Afghanistan. Will there be any legal fallout from the story? Will criminal or civil charges be filed against anyone involved with the leak or publication of the leak?
Full Article (WSJ Law Blog - blogs.wsj.com/law)
Just in case you felt like getting frustrated here’s something really frustrating.
Edit: I think I can sort of understand the being forced to cheer for the guy b/c she’s part of the team…I don’t like it, but I can kind of understand it. I think it might’ve been better to just make her leave the game not quit the team. Everything else is fucked up though.
The ACLU of Maryland is defending Anthony Graber, who potentially faces sixteen years in prison if found guilty of violating state wiretap laws because he recorded video of an officer drawing a gun during a traffic stop. In a trend that we’ve seen across the country, police have become increasingly hostile to bystanders recording their actions. You can read some examples here, here and here.
However, the scale of the Maryland State Police reaction to Anthony Graber’s video is unprecedented. Once they learned of the video on YouTube, Graber’s parents house was raided, searched, and four of his computers were confiscated. Graber was arrested, booked and jailed. Their actions are a calculated method of intimidation. Another person has since been similarly charged under the same statute.
The wiretap law being used to charge Anthony Graber is intended to protect private communication between two parties. According to David Rocah, the ACLU attorney handling Mr. Graber’s case, “To charge Graber with violating the law, you would have to conclude that a police officer on a public road, wearing a badge and a uniform, performing his official duty, pulling someone over, somehow has a right to privacy when it comes to the conversation he has with the motorist.”
(via digby)
Wow…..just wow. Definitely worth reading this and the ACLU fact sheet. This is just messed up. I’m pretty sure that this fails all of the tests that the Supreme Court has put up for the First Amendment which means that the conduct and/or the law is completely unconstitutional.
