According to the New York Times, the articles published on July 25 are based on thousands of United States military incident and intelligence reports – records of engagements, mishaps, intelligence on enemy activity and other events from the war in Afghanistan – that were made public on Sunday on the…
Criminal Law Library Blog
CRS Report: State Efforts to Deter Unauthorized Aliens – Legal Analysis of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 – Highlights
CRS Report Number 41221, July 12, 2010, Posted July 23, 2010. AUTHORS: Michael John Garcia, Kate M. Manuel, Larry M. Eig SUMMARY (From Official Report) On April 23, 2010, Arizona enacted S.B. 1070, which is designed to discourage and deter the entry or presence of aliens who lack lawful status…
Gloria Dinerman
Like others who have expressed their condolances, I felt both saddness and a sense of loss upon hearing that Gloria Dinerman, a prominent Information Sepecialist and business person, had passed away in New Providence, NJ on Sunday July 17, 2010. As mentioned in the obituary below, Gloria will be remembered…
The U.S. Intelligence Community and Top Secret America
More than a dozen Washington Post journalists spent two years developing Top Secret America, a multimedia presentation put together by compiling hundreds of thousands of public records of government organizations and private sector companies. From these records, the Washington Post identified a web of these organizations, both government and private,…
Chambers of the Sea: Who Needs Law Libraries? It’s All Free on the Internet
Many thanks to Jonathan Stock, recently retired as Supervising Law Librarian at the Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Library at Stamford, for writing this fine, thought provoking article. It has been published in the July 2010 issue of AALL Spectrum and we have linked to the Spectrum article with Jonathan’s permission.…
An Enforceable Code of Ethics: Why Archivists Should Be Demanding One
BY: Paul Morris p.morris54@gmail.com Paul Morris an attorney who is now pursuing a masters degree in library and information science at Queens College City University of New York has just written a stimulating paper in which he presents “…a wakeup call to have archivists start clamoring for an enforceable code…
Quinlan Commentary: U.S. v Philips – Fourth Circuit 2009
June 29, 2010 RECENT DECISION Defendant involved in fraud scheme claims that investigators were overzealous in their search Mark Phillips was convicted of securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and access device fraud. In early 2003, the United States Postal Inspection Service began a fraud investigation of Phillips. The investigation…
CLLB Information Security Newsletter. Volume 3 Number 6 June 2010.
Volume 3 Number 6 June 2010 From the Desk of David Badertscher Home Personal Computer (PC) Maintenance for Windows Operating Systems Why do I need to maintain my home PC? As with most types of equipment, you must perform periodic maintenance on your home PC to keep it in good…
Developing an Addition to Your Blackberry in 13 Easy Steps
We recemty receoved the following e-mail from the ABA Judicial Division and are grateful for the opportunity to share this column by Judge Dixon with you our colleagues and friends.: Judge Herbert Dixon’s technology column, Developing an Addition to Your BlackBerry in 13 Easy Steps, is available free to the…
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Overturns Death Sentence for Killer of Two New York Police Department Officers in 2003
Ronell Wilson (Also known as Rated R) Defendant Appellant 07-1320-or The New York Times has reported in an afternoon Alert that the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday April 30, 2010 that Ronell Wilson, convicted of killing two undercover police detectives on Staten Island in 2003, must…