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Canada

CTV - Judge strikes down part of Canada's secrecy law
"OTTAWA -- An Ontario court has struck down sections of Canada's secrecy law in throwing out RCMP warrants used to search a reporter's home. The Ontario Superior Court judgment quashes three sections of the so-called leakage provisions of the Security of Information Act, passed following the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States."

USA


FAS Project on Government Secrecy - ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORTS ON FOIA
"Executive Branch agencies have implemented President Bush's December 2005 executive order 13392 on improving the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests "in a vigorous manner fully commensurate with the importance of this unprecedented Presidential initiative," according to an enthusiastic new report to the President from the Attorney General."


National Security Archive Update - Attorney General's Report Ignores Serious Problems in Agency FOIA Programs