Author Archives: Michael Froomkin

Donna Shalala to Receive Presdiental Medal of Freedom

Posted on June 14, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

White House Names 6 for Medal of Freedom — and UM President Donna Shalala is one of them.

She'll share the stage with Gen. Peter Pace, who's getting a consolation prize for not being renominated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (the administration was afraid to let Congress ask him hard questions). Also present will be Senior Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the D.C. Circuit, long a linchpin of the very right-wing group on that court.

There will be a posthumous award to Representative Tom Lantos of California, a human rights champion who was also an early supporter (and, later, doubter) of the Iraq war.

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Friday McCain Bashing

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

sigh

The Carpetbagger Report, McCain “contradicts precisely what he said earlier”
McCain Claims To Have Never Accepted An Earmark Or Pork Barrel Project, but in fact John McCain Requested and Received Over $60 Million In Pork Projects (McCain Source)
The Carpetbagger Report, Why pro-choice Dems have nothing to like about John McCain
Kos, McCain lied to Newsweek…will the press notice?
Talk Left, The New John McCain
Think Progress, McCain On When Troops Would Come Home From Iraq: ‘That’s Not Too Important’
Think Progress, McCain On Whether Cheney Might Serve In His Administration: ‘Hell, Yeah’
The Carpetbagger Report, McCain to boost and cut Pentagon spending at the same time
The Huffington Post, McCain Admits He Doesn't Know How To Use A Computer
Glenn Greenwald, John McCain then and now
Crooks & Liars, McCain realizes he doesn’t like the estate tax after all

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Questions About FBI Location Monitoring and Data Grabbing

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Ryan Singel, Secret Spy Court Repeatedly Questions FBI Wiretap Network.

Don't have time to post about this except to say that this is potentially a really big deal both for location privacy and for the use of routine pen-register orders to get much more than a phone number — if the FBI has really been doing this stuff.

This article describes important questions. We need the answers.

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Please Welcome Guest Blogger Ben Depoorter

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

I’m pleased to announce that my brilliant young colleague Ben Depoorter will be guest blogging here until the end of the month. I may post occasionally, but my internet access will be erratic as I travel about for a while.

Ben is multi-lingual, multi-cultural, mutli-talented (he paints!), and a prolific writer, primarily in law and economics and property law. He’s also very funny – for an economist.

I’ve invited him to post on any subjects he likes; it should be interesting.