Demolition privilege: Another perverse effect of a mostly privatized housing authority
By Jack Grauer It’s not news that the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has been reducing its public housing stock since the…
Posts Tagged 'FOIA'
FCC Releases Partial List of Consumer Complaints Against Comcast and Time Warner Cable
By Dustin Slaughter The Federal Communications Commission has released 185 pages of consumer complaints lodged against corporate giants Comcast and…
FOIA Response Reveals Cost of Smokedown for Independence Mall Law Enforcement (You)
Documents obtained by photographer Ed Roper detail expenditures by the US Park Service at Independence Mall on April 20th, May…
Recently Obtained Philly Police Documents Offer a Glimpse into 2012 Surveillance
By Dustin Slaughter Over one week ago, I received the first document release from a series of Right-to-Know requests I’ve…
Military Contracting Giant Implicated in Iraq Prisoner Abuse Plays Major Role in Philly’s New Fusion Center
By Dustin Slaughter, Joanne Michele, and Kenneth Lipp CACI International, a top-tier contractor for the Department of Defense and Department…
Park Rangers Decide to Crack Down on Smokedown: ‘Flash Mob’ Is Questioned
After three successful demonstrations each with more than a hundred in attendance, wherein no law enforcement official engaged a participant…
Securing the Blessings of Liberty: A Quaker’s Response to National Park Service Surveillance
Editor’s Note: In response to our recent article on National Park Service surveillance of last year’s Occupy National Gathering in Philadelphia,…
National Park Police Documents Reveal Flimsy Intelligence Gathering, Disregard for Civil Liberties
By Joanne Michele, Kenneth Lipp and Dustin Slaughter A batch of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents received by The…
The Philly Declaration 