Showing posts with label American Bar Association Plans To Restrict Public Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American Bar Association Plans To Restrict Public Records. Show all posts

Thursday, August 09, 2007

American Bar Association Plans To Restrict Public Records

As reported by the AP- the ABA's pro to this issue is that it's too easy for people to see other people's arrests and/or convictions for crimes.

Most everybody else's astonished con to the issue is that well DUH!- we SHOULD have access to the records of people involved in criminal shenanigans.

ESPECIALLY the news media.

This slow but sure move to secrecy by elected officials (Bush administration) and governmental/quasi-governmental agencies should be alarming to Americans....

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