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Upcoming Events Sponsored by the Law and Media Program at Yale Law School:

October 13, 2009: Mark Pittman from Bloomberg News will speak on his experience using FOIA to force the Federal Reserve to disclose records on the financial industry bailout — in particular, the “securities the central bank is accepting on behalf of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans.”   more on the Bailout FOIA lawsuit here.

November 4, 2009: Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU National Security Project will give a dinner talk about the ACLU’s efforts obtain access to photographs documenting the torture and abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib through FOIA. Event sponsored by the American Constitution Society.

November 17, 2009: Michael German, ACLU Policy Counsel on National Security, Immigration, and Privacy and former FBI agent will share his experience with both intelligence priorities and civil liberties by discussing the implications of Fusion Centers on free speech and privacy.

December 15, 2009: Thomas Goetz, WIRED journalist and author of the book “The Decision Tree” will speak on the potentials of databasing health information and predictive medicine.

Past Events:

September 23, 2009: FOIA Bootcamp! The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission and Justin Cox, YLS Alum will present on how to bring (and win) a Freedom of Information request in both the state and federal contexts.