PROSECUTORS COMMIT CONTEMPT AND GET CAUGHT
By Barry Smith

Did you know that when a prosecutor calls you names in court papers that it
is contempt of court?  I had one do this to me, researched the issue and
discovered that it was.  City of Lakewood, Colorado prosecutor, Brandon
Marinoff wrote on a bail recommendation form the following:  "Defendant may
be involved with an anti-establishment supremist group....City would object
to a PR bond, City recommends a cash bond due to defendants complete
disregard for the criminal justice system including police prosecutors and
anyone else....Defendant was uncooperative, belligerent, and down right
anti-social....As per defendant:  He does not recognize the "jurisdiction of
the police" specifically LPD authority."
	 A second prosecutor, Leonard Levine, relied upon and made verbal
note to this form in open court the two different times he objected to the
return of my bail money.  His acquiescence to the form indicated his
approval of it.  He had an opportunity to investigate the facts regarding my
previous conduct, character, and reputation and instead chose to rely upon
the information written on the sentencing recommendation form.
	 I contended that the submission of the form was calculated to
corrupt the Municipal Court of Justice and prejudice the Court against
myself without provable grounds.
	 I also contended that the use of such scandalous allegations in an
attempt to prejudice me unduly in the courts eyes violated Colorado Rules of
Professional Conduct Rule 3.3(a)(1 & 4)

		 (a)  A lawyer shall not knowingly:  (l) make a false
statement of material fact or law to a tribunal;  (4) offer evidence that
the lawyer knows to be false....(c) a lawyer may refuse to offer evidence
that the lawyer (that he/she believes to be false)...
	 reasonably believes to be false.

	 I had made several court appearances in which Leonard Levine was
present, should have dispelled any opinion that Mr. Levine had regarding my
alleged disregard for the criminal justice system.  To my knowledge, I did
nothing in any appearance that would support the conclusions contained on
the sentencing form.  The existence of the word "may" with regard to my
supposedly  belonging to a white supremist group should have told him that
there might not have been conclusive proof to the statement.
	 The sentencing recommendation document may have impeded my exit from
jail and impaired my preparation of a defense, as well
as prejudicing Judge Elliott against me and played a role in his not
releasing me on my own recognizance or delayed the return of my bail money.

	 In my memorandum in support of my contempt motion and affidavit I
wrote:

	 The accused invokes a provision in the Colorado Constitution Article
II Section 6 which provides that, "Courts of justice shall be open to every
person, and a speedy remedy afforded for every injury to person, property or
character; and right and justice should be administered without sale, denial
or delay."  I remind this court that frozen into our law are those rights to
recovery for injury to person, property or character which existed at the
time of the adoption of our Constitution.  Vogts v. Guerrette, 351 P.2d 851.
	 Four elements are necessary to hold one guilty of contempt of court
in procuring mandates, impairing and impeding plaintiff's rights and
remedies and causing him actual injury (an extended incarceration, loss of a
volunteer position with a church, and
loss of a place to live) etc., namely:  First, a deceit on the court
(contained in the sentencing recommendation form);  second,the plaintiff's
remedies and rights were impaired, impeded or prejudiced (I was not released
on personal recognizance); thirdly, that actual loss or damage (see above)
was cause plaintiff; and fourth, that he has no other remedy prescribed by
law for the recoupment of such damages (to the defendant/plaintiff knowledge
there is not another remedy).   Advanced Piece Dye Works v. Zeller, 270
N.Y.S. 487.
	 In a civil contempt proceeding, the same strictness in pleading is
not required that obtains in cases of criminal contempt.  Hayes v. Hays, 22
N.E.2d 971.
	 Although the contempt has been committed technically "in the
presence of the court," it has been held proper for an informing officer to
bring the offense to attention of the court.  McCarthy v. Hugo, 73 A. 778.
	 When it appears to the court by motion supported by affidavit that a
contempt has been committed out of the presence of the court, it may ex
parte order a citation to issue to the person so charged to appear and show
cause at a time designated why he should not be punished therefor.  The
citation  and a copy of the motion and affidavit shall be served upon such
person a reasonable time before the time designated.  Rule 107(c) CRCP.
Defendant/plaintiff requests that this brief be served along with the
asseveration and motion.
	 As a rule, proceedings to punish for contempts committed out of the
presence of the court must be instituted by an accusation, pleading, or
affidavit presented to the court, setting forth the
fact constituting the contempt.  Nye v. U.S., C.C.A.N.C. 113 F.2d 1006,
reversed on other grounds 61 S. Ct. 810, 313 US 33; Ex
Parte Rose, 202 P.2d 1064. Although this contempt was committed,
technically, in the presence of the court, in keeping with point four above
it is the duty of the accused to inform the court of its occurrence.
Especially if there is prejudice against the accused involved.
	 The purpose of the attached asseverations is to advise the court of
the acts or conduct alleged to be contemptuous, and to advise defendant of
the particular facts of which he is accuse so that he may meet such
accusations.  In re Schulder, 221 P.565.
	 The nature of this action is civil although it would seem fair that
since the result of the sentencing form was the incarceration of the
defendant/plaintiff that the punishment should include some incarceration
should the accused be found guilty.  This court has jurisdiction by virtue
of the fact that the alleged contempt was committed in its presence during
proceedings in the above stated matter.
	 The following acts constitute contempt of court:  Obtaining court
orders by fraud or deceit. In re Topple, 102 N.W. 369, provided the other
party is prejudiced thereby is contempt, where such acts obstruct or tend to
impede the due administration of justice.  Silverman v. Seneca Realty Co.,
276 N.Y.S. 466. The filing of scandalous, defamatory, irrelevant pleadings
constitutes an abuse of process and a contempt.  State ex rel. Porter v.
First Judicial Dist. in and for Lewis and Clark County, 215 P.2d 279.
	 The sentencing recommendation form contains information that is
false, untrue, libelous, defamatory and contemptuous and could
only have been introduced to disgrace the accused.  They are immaterial and
irrelevant as to have no proper place in any pleading.  State ex rel. Porter
v. First Judicial Dist., supra.
	 In exercising control over its records, a court has power to protect
them from irrelevant, unimportant or superfluous papers, and to keep the
records free from stain and scandal not pertinent to the cause and
unnecessary to the decision.  State ex rel. Hall v. Niewoehner, 155 P.2d
205.
		 Defendant/plaintiff is not an attorney and it has taken
nearly three days to prepare these documents and the defendant/plaintiff
asks the court to take this into consideration when considering the reward
of a fine.   Prosecutor Levine appeared at the next hearing after the
motion for the court to issue the show cause order was filed and said to the
court, "Your Honor, are we going to hear the contempt charges today?"  I
responded, "Judge, I know of a case that says contempt proceedings are
supposed to be put off until the conclusion of the proceedings."  I just
wanted the prosecutor to have a burr under his saddle a little longer.  At
my trial I had a different prosecutor.  I waited until sentencing to raise
the issue of contempt.  The Judge acted like he didn't know what I was
talking about and then said, "Oh yes, I've read that, I don't believe you've
met the burden."
		 Two civil rights lawsuits and one extraordinary writ later
any other criminal charges against me have been dismissed by this same judge
and the City of Lakewood Police have me in their computer as a "person of
special interest."  One Lakewood Policeman has let me go without charges
even though he alleged that I was speeding and I never showed him proof of
insurance and the plates on the car I was driving didn't match the
registration.  I may be doing a commercial lien against the two prosecutors
for libel.  I've become a much better legal writer since this brief.

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> Message: 3
>    Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:41:16 -0500
>    From: "Billy-Joe..Mauldin" <wildbill2@...>
> Subject: Silent Invasion
________________________________________________________

HAS ANYBODY HAD TIME TO CHECK THIS OUT & VERIFY? FAYE
________________________________________________________
> Silent Invasion

> By J.R. Nyquist

> The Silent Invasion
>
> By Scott Gulbransen
>
> Counting Coup Press, Inc.

> In November 1998, while traveling through Texas, I
> heard some disturbing rumors. People were supposedly
> seeing Chinese soldiers in the Mexican desert. At
> least one Texan decided to go down and look for
> himself. He didn't make it back alive. Then came a
> curious story, forwarded to me by the editor of a
> national publication. A woman in Texas reported that
> her relatives had warned against returning to the
> family's ranch in Mexico. Foreign soldiers were said
> to be there. It wouldn't be safe coming in contact
> with them. When she traveled to Mexico and met with
> her relatives the woman learned that the strangers
> were Asians who were preparing to attack the United
> States.
> Scott Gulbransen is a writer who went to Mexico and
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Hello!!!

Miles Newland the fellow who helps with the audio recording at some of the
Seminars that are held in Fresno is scheduled to be on the Liberty Forum Radio
Program tomorrow July 2, 2003 to talk about his being taken into custody for
exercising his right to move about freely while being behind the steering wheel
of an automobile.
Miles has a very interesting story to tell.
If you would like to hear what Miles has to say you can catch the program at
4:00pm. Pacific time at:  http://www.truthradio.com/

Thanks,

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Subject: [tips_and_tricks] An example of preparation for trial

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From: Christopher Hansen [mailto:sovereign@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:01 AM
To: teaparty@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Tea - Bill Drexler I love YA

 

A member of The First Christian Fellowship of Eternal Sovereignty and former candidate for the Independent American Party wins by being better prepared than the City Attorney.

We are now 6 wins out of 6 court appearances in five years.

In a simple traffic case where one of our members, B. J Ballard, was cited for Failure to yield the right-of-way we went into their court without needing to challenge all the things we usually do. (A win is a win and this was a cheep win without having to challenge everything that ticks the courts off.)

BJ was declared Not Guilty!

BJ is only 23. He represented himself. Since he was prepared he was not afraid. He did not let the City Attorney intimidate him. When he got nervous he just looked at his list of questions and proceeded on. He looked like a pro that had been in courts many times. He made the City Attorney look amateurish, baffled and helpless.

We did however prepare. We read the law and put all the information in writing. We made a large colorful chart of the scene (Thank you Mrs Hansen). We took pictures (Thank you Mrs. Hansen) . We showed that the other driver Could not have been driving lawfully so there was no reason to yield the Right-of-Way. We took pictures of the signs, the Street markings, the general area, the inlets and outlets, the jogger and the bike rider.

Their witness came in unprepared. No charts. No pictures. He did not even know the cross street. He did not know what the law said. The guy was clueless. He even admitted he was going 30 MPH and went past the opening at this rate of speed. He looked like a fool.

The City Attorney did not even have the laws that could affect this case printed out and had to get the court copy of the Statutes.

We had our witness prepared. He knew the area. He new the answers because he had a copy of the questions in advance with time to prepare.

The City Attorney tried to get BJ to cut a deal and plead Nolo and take a non moving violation and a $50.00 fine with traffic school. He told the CA to forget it. Then the Puke City Attorney tells BJ that he cannot have a witness because the CA was not informed in advance. BJ told him that he had not been notified in advance of the City's witness so he would not allow that witness. Well we naturally got our witness. The Puke CA did not even tell us we did not have to have the trial today. But since we were prepared and knew the CA was not we told the judge we were ready and slammed them.

Thank you Bill Drexler for teaching me to fight and more importantly to be more prepared than the Puke Nazi government attorneys.

Thank you Oscar Fossanhero.

If you let them win then they will. If you do not fight then you lose.

And most importantly thank you Heavenly Father for leading us and guiding us and helping us win again.

Christopher


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A friend of mine was in Federal jail in North Carolina.  His wife complained
that they we opening and reading his mail and in some instances not even
delivering it.  This can present a problem when you are doing your own case
pro-se or in propria persona with assistance from those on the outside.
This can present a formidable problem.  I always solve this type of problem
by starting with the concept of "anticipate the oppression."  It goes like
this; if I send my friend some legal mail we know they're going to open it.
After they open it they're going to read it.  How can we make them not want
to do that anymore?  I concluded what I would do was laden the letter with
research on how what that particular circuit thought about the opening of
legal mail outside the inmate presence.  I researched out that Circuit
and...they don't agree with that!!  In the process I learned that there is a
federal statute and reg that deals with the opening of legal mail.  That
statute and reg says that if you put "Special mail-open in the presence of
the inmate" that is what the jailers are required to do.  So, I wrote a
letter.  Here's what it said:

RE:  Unauthorized reading your legal mail by detention officers

Terry:

Your wife was telling me that you've been having problems with the
mishandling, opening out of your presence, and, possibly the reading of your
legal mail by detention facility officers processing it.

Please find enclosed case law from the 4th Circuit going back to 1977
showing that they approve of requiring the detention officers that handle
your legal mail to open it in your presence.  I've highlighted those
portions in red.  Since you're a federal prisoner I've also enclosed
regulations out of 28 C.F.R. demonstrating that is the same position that
the Feds hold.  Also, enclosed is North Carolina statutes stating that the
"Secretary" is supposed to make regulations regulating how jails, such as
the one you are detained in, are to be run.  I would suggest you use either
North Carolina Open Records Act, or, your common law right to access
governmental records to obtain a copy of those regulations.  They may prove
useful.  Usually, detention officers are not knowledgeable about the law and
all you will need to do is inform them as to what the law is and they will
do what is right.  If they've been violating your right to receive
correspondence from lawyers or legal aids you could sue them personally
unless they are doing it because of a systemic custom or policy in which
case you don't even need to be damaged to get the big bucks.

I suggest that you take the applicable portions of the enclosed statutes and
case law and pursue your administrative remedies within the jail.  Your
inmate handbook should spell out the procedure.  It usually includes putting
an administrative demand with your pod officer who should then forward it to
the applicable person (whoever is in charge of the processing of legal mail)
who should then respond in writing to your demand.  If that person's
decision is adverse to you, appeal it to the next level.  Keep going up
until you get to the sheriff.  If none of them will do what is right, you
may have to sue them for abuse of discretion and for damages in a court of
general jurisdiction in whatever county you're in there in North Carolina.

One other suggestion, ask your pod officer if there is a specific procedure
to receive legal mail at the jail and have it opened in your presence.  It
may be that there is a way but they just haven't told you.  It'll be
interesting to see what they do.

Dog gone it, the officers never saw my wonderful letter!  When they saw the
special mail note on the envelope they took it straight to him unopened,
handed it to him, and walked away!  Bear


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Excellent  !!

Now Sue the bitches and basters who false arrested you and the puke ca for
malicious prosecution!

Dear Karl,
  Appearantly the American Immagration Officer hadn't
got the memo that New Jersy is a Nation State in it's
own right?? It is absolutely amazing isn't it just how
ignorant our officials can be.
   Let's see if I have it right? Congress declares the
Bible the Word of YHWH (God), and the laws of this
Confederation known as the United States (States being
independant nations) of America are based thereon via
the common law. We as purchased servants of the Most
High are sojourners through this life and are not of
this world according to His Word the Bible, which
Congress agrees is the Word of YHWH. But because you
agree with Congress's assessment of the authority of
His Word being supreme to the statutory obligations
placed upon the lawless and sinners of the land known
as the United States of America, you can not enter
into the lands known as Canada.
    Hmmmmmmm...Just goes to show how powerful His Word
is to the minds of the sinners everywhere. They fear
the truth, and don't want it to infect their people!!
  Later,
    Bob L.


--- Karl-Alan <karl-alan@...> wrote:
> Man Without A Country?
>
> No
>
> Man of the Kingdom of Almighty God!
>
> Independence Day does not mean much to me in these
> days of captivity.
>
> I traveled to Canada the other day, taking the Black
> Ball Transportation Ferry from Port Angeles,
> Washington to Victoria, Canada. I was detained at
> the Victoria port of entry for my Christian
> convictions to glorify my Lord, His Son Jesus, and
> the Holy Ghost.
>
> While being "Processed" through Canadian
> Immigration, I presented my valid Passport from my
> government. The officer scanned my Passport and
> asked my citizenship. I responded, "Kingdom of
> Heaven." He asked what country I was born in. I
> responded, "on the soil of New Jersey." He asked
> what my date of birth is. I told him, "I am born on
> my Baptism date on my Passport." He asked for a
> driver license. I responded that I do not have one.
> The Immigration officer did not accept my Passport
> or my responses so he sent me into the Duty Officer
> of Immigration. The duty officer looked over my
> Passport and asked my citizenship. I responded,
> "Kingdom of Heaven." He asked what country I was
> born in. I responded, "on the soil of New Jersey."
> The Duty Officer said that he needed to go upstairs
> to the United States Immigration office to see if
> they would let me back into the United States of
> America from whence I came. I remind you here, I am
> already on Canadian soil.
>
> Soon after, the Canadian Immigration officer came
> back in the room and said that United States
> Immigration would not accept my Passport. The
> Canadian officer could not give a valid law why my
> passport is not acceptable. This Canadian
> Immigration officer then said that I am not welcome
> to stay in Canada and must leave on the next ferry
> boat back the United States of America. He then
> filled out a form IMM 1282 (o62002)B titled ALLOWED
> TO LEAVE CANADA. In the box titled Inadmissibility
> section "A16(1)" was written and the officer wrote
> "Unknown" in the line for Country of Citizenship and
> Country of Birth. I was directed to sit in the Ferry
> companies lobby until the ferry boat docked. I was
> unable to talk with a US Immigration officer as they
> left the building to another port of entry within
> the Port of Victoria.
>
> During my wait for the Ferry boat, I had called the
> US Immigrations office in Victoria and only got an
> answering machine. I called the American Conciliate
> in Victoria and a message said that they were closed
> but touch zero if it's an emergency. So, Zero I
> touched. I got a live person who would not give a
> name and asked if it is an emergency. I said that it
> is and explained my situation. Jane Doe said I must
> call on Monday when they are open again (it was 10
> AM Wednesday). I asked why they were not open today.
> Jane Doe explained that it is Canada Day. I asked if
> everyone in the American Conciliate office is
> Canadian? Jane Doe sounded offended saying, "Well,
> yes we are" and hung up on me.
>
> Several hours later, the ferry boat arrived. I was
> then escorted into the US Immigrations office to be
> processed? By a Victoria policeman, Black Ball
> employee, and a US Immigration officer. These three
> people only were in the room with me. US Immigration
> officer Jane Doe Carruthers, was handed my Passport
> from the Black Ball Transportation employee.
> Carruthers asked, "Are you a US citizen?" I
> responded, I am a Citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven.
> Carruthers asked, "where were you born?" I
> responded, "On the soil of New Jersey."
>
> I then asked Carruthers, "What authority are you
> using to deny my Kingdom of Heaven Passport?"
> Carruthers replied, "Federal Reserve." I said' "So,
> this is a banking issue?" Carruthers, now visibly
> shaking, exclaimed, "No...it's Fed, Federal, ah, ah,
> Fed something!" I said, "Federal something? How
> about giving me a law passed by the Congress of the
> United Stated of America giving you authority to
> deny my Passport." Carruthers shaking more now and
> could hardly speak, said, "Well, you, you just
> leave! Just get out of here!" The Victoria policeman
> then commanded me to go wait by the gate for the
> Black Ball Transportation ferry Captain to take
> possession of my body to transport me back to the
> United States of America! I asked the Victoria
> policeman his name but he refused saying, "NO! Just
> leave now."
>
> If you are truly at Liberty, you surely could go
> where you want, when you want, right? Wrong! So, now
> I am without a country by the written document this
> Canadian Immigration officer recorded despite my
> giving valid information to the contrary.
>
> But for His Grace, there go I,
>
> Karl Alan
>


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SECRETARY OF STATE REFUSES TO ACCEPT CASH

HOW CAN IT BE LEGAL????


This is from the California Secretary of State Web Site. Please see NOTE at the
bottom of the page.

Documents can be mailed or hand delivered for over-the-counter processing to the
Sacramento office at:
Business Programs Division (916) 657-5448
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Attention: Document Filing Support Unit
OR
can be hand delivered for over-the-counter processing to any of the regional
offices located in:
. Fresno (559) 445-6900
1315 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 203
Fresno, CA 93721-1729
. Los Angeles (213) 897-3062
The Ronald Reagan Building
12th Floor South Tower, Room 12513
300 South Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1233
. San Diego (619) 525-4113
1350 Front Street, Suite 2060
San Diego, CA 92101-3609
. San Francisco (415) 904-2344
121 Spear Street, Suite 420
San Francisco, CA 94105-1584
NOTE: • Cash is not accepted in the Fresno, Los Angeles or San Diego regional
offices.
• Duplicate original documents must be submitted when filing in any of the
regional offices.
• Regional offices do not process mailed in documents.

HOW MANY LAWS ARE BEING BROKEN HERE?

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

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Dear Karl,
Appearantly the American Immagration Officer hadn't
got the memo that New Jersy is a Nation State in it's
own right?? It is absolutely amazing isn't it just how
ignorant our officials can be.
  Let's see if I have it right? Congress declares the
Bible the Word of YHWH (God), and the laws of this
Confederation known as the United States (States being
independant nations) of America are based thereon via
the common law. We as purchased servants of the Most
High are sojourners through this life and are not of
this world according to His Word the Bible, which
Congress agrees is the Word of YHWH. But because you
agree with Congress's assessment of the authority of
His Word being supreme to the statutory obligations
placed upon the lawless and sinners of the land known
as the United States of America, you can not enter
into the lands known as Canada.
   Hmmmmmmm...Just goes to show how powerful His Word
is to the minds of the sinners everywhere. They fear
the truth, and don't want it to infect their people!!
Later,
   Bob L.

Website turns tables on government officials
By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff, 7/4/2003

Annoyed by the prospect of a massive new federal surveillance system, two
researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are celebrating the
Fourth of July with a new Internet service that will let citizens create
dossiers on government officials.

The system will start by offering standard background information on
politicians, but then go one bold step further, by asking Internet users to
submit their own intelligence reports on government officials -- reports that
will be published with no effort to verify their accuracy.

"It's sort of a citizen's intelligence agency," said Chris Csikszentmihalyi,
assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab.

He and graduate student Ryan McKinley created the Government Information
Awareness (GIA) project as a response to the US government's Total Information
Awareness program (TIA).

Revealed last year, TIA seeks to track possible terrorist activity by analyzing
vast amounts of information stored in government and private databases, such as
credit card data. The system would use this information to analyze the actions
of millions of people, in an effort to spot patterns that could indicate a
terrorist threat.

News of the plan outraged civil libertarians and prompted Congress to set limits
on the scope of such activity. The Defense Department then renamed the program
Terrorist Information Awareness, to ease public concern.

But the controversy gave McKinley the idea for the GIA project. "If total
information exists," he said, "really the same effort should be spent to make
the same information at the leadership level at least as transparent -- in my
opinion, more transparent."

McKinley worked with Csikszentmihalyi to design the GIA system. It's partly
based on technology used to create Internet indexes such as Google. Software
crawls around Internet sites that store large amounts of information about
politicians. These include independent political sites like opensecrets.org, as
well as sites run by government agencies. McKinley created software that ferrets
out the useful data from these sites, and loads it into the GIA database. The
result is a one-stop research site for basic information on key officials.

The site also takes advantage of round-the-clock political coverage provided by
cable TV's C-Span networks. McKinley and Csikszentmihalyi use video cameras to
capture images of people appearing on C-Span, which generally includes the names
of people shown on screen. A computer program "reads" each name, and links it to
any information about that person stored in the database. By clicking on the
picture, a GIA user instantly gets a complete rundown on all available data
about that person.

The GIA site constantly displays snapshots of the people appearing on C-Span at
that moment. If there's a dossier on a particular person, clicking on the
picture brings it up. A C-Span viewer watching a live government hearing could
learn which companies have contributed to a member of Congress's reelection
campaign, before the politician had even finished speaking.

All of the information currently on the site is available from public sources.
But GIA will go one step further. Starting today, the site will allow the public
to submit information about government officials, and this information will be
made available to anyone visiting the site. No effort will be made to verify the
accuracy of the data.

This approach to Internet publishing isn't new. It resembles a method known as
Wiki, in which a website is constantly amended by visitors who contribute new
information. The best known Wiki site, www.wikipedia.org, is an online
encyclopedia created entirely by visitors who have voluntarily written nearly
140,000 articles, on subjects ranging from astronomy to Roman mythology. Any
Wikipedia user who thinks he has spotted an error or wants to add information
can modify the article. Unlike at a standard encyclopedia operation, there is no
central authority to edit or reject articles.

The GIA approach, though, raises the possibility that people could post libelous
information, or data that unreasonably compromises a person's privacy.

That troubles Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology & Liberty Program of
the American Civil Liberties Union. "We think that there should be some
restrictions on the publishing of personally identifiable information, whether
it involves government officials or not," he said.

But he noted that the public has a right to know some things about a politician
that would be properly kept private about an ordinary citizen. For instance,
voters have a right to know where a politician sends his children to school, if
that politician has taken a strong stand on school vouchers.

"Do they have the right to publish every piece of data they're going to
publish?" Steinhardt asked. "It's going to depend on what they publish."

In any case, Steinhardt said, McKinley and Csikszentmihalyi have a First
Amendment right to set up the GIA project. And he said that it's a valuable
response to the government's TIA surveillance. "I assume the point of this is,
turnabout is fair play."

On a page of the GIA website, at opengov.media.mit.edu, McKinley and
Csikszentmihalyi give their answer to questions about the legitimacy of their
actions.

"Is it legal?" the site reads. "It should be."

Hiawatha Bray can be reached at bray@....



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