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The Pentagon Papers of the Afghan War? Or more smoke than fire?

July 26, 2010 by Daniel Burton

Image via Wikipedia Check it at the New York Times here, the Wall Street Journal here, Boing Boing here, and especially here, at Wikileaks. It may be the “largest intelligence leak in history”. Here are a few books that you might want to read: Taliban, by Ahmed Rashid, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, Unholy Wars […]

Filed Under: Criminal Law, Government, International Interest, Laws and Lawmakers, News Round Up Tagged With: Afghanistan, Ahmed Rashid, Boing Boing, CIA, Daniel Ellsberg, Department of Defense, DOD, Government Openness, intelligence, intelligence leak, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, New York Times, Pakistan, Pentagon Papers, politics, transparency, Wall Street Journal, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), war on terror, wikileaks

It’s a dangerous world out there (on the internet)

July 26, 2010 by Daniel Burton

Image via CrunchBase The internet, for all the access to information and social network fun (i.e. Facebook and Twitter, among others) it provides, can be a dangerous place, especially for the unsuspecting attorney. A colleague of mine who spends much of his career working in political consulting with candidates and elected officials has said, many […]

Filed Under: Legal Profession, Litigation Tagged With: ABA, chat rooms, common sense, evidence, Facebook, First Amendment, free speech, Golden Rule, intellectual property, internet, Law Practice, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, social networking, Steve Matthews, The List, Twitter, Web 2.0, web site

Lawyers “enable other people to produce…”

July 26, 2010 by Daniel Burton

Lawyers “enable other people to produce & to go on with their lives efficiently & in an atmosphere of freedom.” http://ow.ly/2gJxg

Filed Under: SCOTUS Tagged With: Justice Scalia