During the Cold War, the joke went that an American explained to a Russian that, in the U.S., anyone could stand in front of the White House and criticize the president. The Russian shrugged and said anyone could stand at the gates of the Kremlin and … [Read more...] about The New Presumption Of Transparency
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Protect Freedom Of Information
The digital age has made mountains of information available. It should make important reporting more available, too, but because of some recent developments in libel law, that is not necessarily the case. While freedom of the press remains strong in … [Read more...] about Protect Freedom Of Information
U.K. Libel Laws Chill Another American Book
The most recent casualties of Britain's pernicious libel laws are New York-based best-selling author Michael Gross and his intriguing and well-researched book Rogues Gallery: The Secret History of the Moguls and the Money That Made the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about U.K. Libel Laws Chill Another American Book
Uk Faces Backlash Over ‘Libel Tourists’
US politicians try to protect citizens from British court, claiming foreigners use law to bring expensive defamation cases American politicians are pushing through free speech laws to protect US citizens from libel rulings in British courts that … [Read more...] about Uk Faces Backlash Over ‘Libel Tourists’
Britain Chills Free Speech
Libel tourists flock to the U.K. to avoid public scrutiny. Simon Singh is an award-winning British science writer. In the best-selling "Fermat's Enigma," for example, he described the 350-year quest for the proof of Pierre de Fermat's last theorem, … [Read more...] about Britain Chills Free Speech
U.S. Bails Out Palestinian Terrorism – Again
The Obama administration militarizes the Palestinians. The May 28 meeting between President Barak Obama and Palestinian Authority leader, Mahmoud Abbas, confirms that this Administration, like its predecessors, refuses to learn from the past. In yet … [Read more...] about U.S. Bails Out Palestinian Terrorism – Again
A Recession In Terrorism Finance?
The economic downturn and instability of the financial markets in the West has battered global economies. Despite the accompanying drop in oil prices, the current financial crisis has actually presented opportunities to expedite the influence and … [Read more...] about A Recession In Terrorism Finance?
Libel Tourism
American law, with its strong First Amendment traditions, makes it hard to sue authors for libel. To get around these protections, book subjects have been suing American authors in England, where the libel law is much less writer-friendly. Two states … [Read more...] about Libel Tourism
Unlikely Allies Say U.K. Libel Laws Limit Speech
PARIS - The American Civil Liberties Union may not often see eye-to-eye with the American Center for Democracy, a research group with neoconservative credentials. But the two organizations are united on at least one thing: their distaste for British … [Read more...] about Unlikely Allies Say U.K. Libel Laws Limit Speech
Combating Libel Lawfare
It has become fashionable in Washington to speak of "false choices" - "the false choice between our values and our security" or "the false choice between our liberties and our national defense," for example. Apparently, we don't need to make these … [Read more...] about Combating Libel Lawfare