Ed Brayton is a freelance writer and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda's Thumb. He has written for such publications as The Bard, Skeptic and Reports of the National Center for Science Education, spoken in front of many organizations and conferences, and appeared on nationally syndicated radio shows and on C-SPAN. Ed is also a Fellow with the Center for Independent Media.(static)
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Posted on: May 7, 2008 9:23 AM, by Ed Brayton
It looks as though my battle against the Bush administration over their denial of my FOIA request is going to go to federal court. Public Citizen has offered to represent me and the attorney I've been working with has concluded that we've got a case. She's drafting a complaint and we should be filing in federal court in Grand Rapids soon. Stay tuned.
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What did they tell you when you appealed? Better hope you get a good judge.
Posted by: Disgusted Beyond Belief | May 7, 2008 10:11 AM
Might I inquire what information you wished to liberate?
Posted by: Flaky | May 7, 2008 10:14 AM
Flaky, unless I've missed something, he's referring to this article, Government Gambling Pact is Classified. There have been a couple follow-up articles, which you can find here.
It does seem a little odd that Ed omitted those references.
Posted by: Abby Normal | May 7, 2008 10:54 AM
Sorry, I just assumed - wrongly, obviously - that all my readers would recall the situation. Not a smart assumption unless I want to never have new readers, eh? Abby is correct, it's a battle over a settlement the administration signed with the EU, Canada and Japan over a WTO dispute regarding our online gambling laws.
Posted by: Ed Brayton | May 7, 2008 12:02 PM
For what it's worth, the biggest laugh I got out of my American Gov't class last term was when I told them online gambling was a national security issue. They were all on your side, Ed.
Posted by: James Hanley | May 7, 2008 1:54 PM
Give 'em hell Ed.
Posted by: James K | May 8, 2008 3:18 AM
As an infrequent online poker player, I wish you all the luck. I know it will provide a great deal of interest to many, many people.
Mark
Posted by: Mark | May 8, 2008 9:03 AM