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With Massachusetts legislature back in session, a chance for public record reform in the Bay State
Legislatures across the country reconvened this week, and in Massachusetts, where a new governor is also part of the package, a fresh attempt at access reform begins.
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Bitcoin is a potential tool for terrorists, FBI warns in 2012 report
Back in 2012, MuckRock user Runa Sandvik requested FBI reports relating to Bitcoin and the anonymous online marketplace The Silk Road. Not quite three years later, heavily-redacted copies of those reports have been released, warning of “extremists” using the cryptocurrency “to conduct nefarious financial transactions.”
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Homeland Security’s social media searches are both odd and terrifying
While for the most part, the 91 pages of searches serves as a reminder of public fears from the last three years, both justified and not (remember heartbleed?), some of the searches are a little more … opaque.
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Months later, key details about StingRay non-disclosures remain unknown
It’s been months since we learned of the seemingly compulsory non-disclosure agreement that the FBI hands police eager to use cell phone tracking equipment. But we still know precious little about which departments aren’t allowed to tell us what about their StingRays.
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Does your state have a deal with private prison giant Corrections Corp?
“Public-private partnerships” - established with local, state, and federal agencies - provide groups like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) the financial incentives that contribute to mass incarceration in the United States. MuckRock has submitted requests for nearly every contract currently maintained between a government agency and CCA, and plotted them by facility on an interactive map.