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Are House Democrats about to block Obama's new secrecy law?

Defeat of the Graham-Lieberman amendment would be an important blow against secrecy and presidential power abuses.
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  • Friday, June 5, 2009 10:33 AM

    The number of the appropriations bill and the name of the Act in it

    It's HR 2346. When you call, you should also specify that it's the "Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of 2009" that you object to.

    http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2346/text?version=eas&nid=t0:eas:700

    Don't let it be confused with the "Open FOIA Act of 2009," which was introduced by Leahy and Cornyn and is a pro-transparency.

    http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200903/031709c.html and http://www.aclu.org/natsec/foia/39068prs20090318.html

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