[A2k] Some news stories on USTR's most recent denial of ACTA documents under FOIA

[James Love]

This blog entry provides links to several recent new stories on the White H=
ouse's recent denial of requests for 7 ACTA negotiating documents.

http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/03/14/some-news-stories-on-acta-foia/

Some news stories on ACTA FOIA
By James Love, on March 14th, 2009

The following are some of the stories on the denial of the ACTA FOIA reques=
t on national security grounds.

http://www.keionline.org/blogs/2009/03/12/acta-state-secret/
Obama Administration Rules Texts of New IPR Agreement are State Secrets
Huffington Post, James Love, March 12, 2009.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10195547-38.html
Copyright treaty is classified for =E2=80=98national security=E2=80=99
CNET News - =E2=80=8EMar 12, 2009=E2=80=8E, by Declan McCullagh

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/03/obama-declares.html
Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a =E2=80=98National Securi=
ty=E2=80=99 Secret
Wired, By David Kravets, March 12, 2009

http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3D4460
Obama continues Bush=E2=80=99s secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal
ZDNet - =E2=80=8ERichard Koman, March 13, 2009

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090313/1456154113.shtml
Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!?
from the openness,-transparency dept
Techdirt, by Mike Masnick

http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/03/13/white-house:-copyright-treaty-detai=
ls-are-%2526quot%3Bnational-security%2526quot%3B
White House: Copyright Treaty Details are =E2=80=9CNational Security=E2=80=
=9D
Digital Media Wire, by Mark Hefflinger on March 13, 2009

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/were-not-releasing-acta-doc=
s-says-us-again.ars
Obama administration won=E2=80=99t release secret ACTA docs either
Despite a change in administration, the US has once again refused to releas=
e any documents about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement it is current=
ly negotiating.
Ars Technica, By Nate Anderson, March 13, 2009

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/03/13/235268/obama-makes-copyri=
ght-treaty-a-national-secret.htm
Obama makes copyright treaty a national secret
Computerweekly, by Ian Grant, 13 Mar 2009

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/03/13/obama-administration-says-treaty=
-text-state-secret
Obama administration says treaty text is state secret
The Standard, by Grant Gross, IDG News Service, 03.13.2009

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/03/13/1446206
FOIA Request For Pending Copyright Treaty Denied
Slashdot.Org, KDawson, March 13, 2009

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/13/obama-administraion.html
Obama administration: releasing details of secret copyright treaty endanger=
s =E2=80=9Cnational security=E2=80=9D
BoingBoing, Cory Doctorow, March 13, 2009

http://futurezone.orf.at/stories/1503285/
Auch die neue US-Regierung unter Barack Obama h=C3=A4lt sich =C3=BCber den =
Inhalt des Anti-Piraterie-Pakts Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) =
bedeckt.
Futurezone.orf.at, March 13, 2009.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/US-Regierung-haelt-Informationen-ueber-gepla=
ntes-Anti-Piraterie-Abkommen-weiter-unter-Verschluss=E2=80=93/meldung/13455=
4
US-Regierung h=C3=A4lt Informationen =C3=BCber geplantes Anti-Piraterie-Abk=
ommen weiter unter Verschluss
Heise Online, March 13, 2009

http://www.gulli.com/news/usa-acta-bleibt-weiter-unter-2009-03-13/
ACTA bleibt weiter unter Verschluss
Mit Verweis auf die =E2=80=9Cnationale Sicherheit=E2=80=9D gew=C3=A4hrt auc=
h die Regierung von Barack Obama keinen Einblick in die Planungen zum ACTA-=
Abkommen.
Gulli News, March 13, 2009.

http://www.intern.de/news/neue=E2=80=93meldungen/=E2=80=93200903135293.html
Auch unter Obama wird gemauert
Intern, March 13, 2009

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/14/partial-list-of-corp.html
Partial list of corporate lickspittles who are allowed to know what=E2=80=
=99s in the secret copyright treaty the Obama administration claims is a ma=
tter of =E2=80=9Cnational security=E2=80=9D
BoingBoing, by Cory Doctorow, March 14, 2009