Passing this along, but really, a First Amendment Coalition giving an award to Mark Felt, key architect of COINTELPRO? People will need to exercise some freedom of speech AT this conference!--MN
Power to the People: Unlocking Government for the Public, Press & the Blogs, October 14-15 EFF is proud to co-sponsor the ****California First Amendment Coalition's 10th Annual Open Government Assembly****at Cal State Fullerton. The event features Floyd Abrams, the country's preeminent First Amendment lawyer, a new award honoring Mark Felt (a.k.a. "Deep Throat"), and an array of experts from the worlds of journalism, national security, law, blogging, and politics, addressing such timely free-speech issues as: * Protecting confidential sources: Taking a bite out of Apple * Blogging, a new journalistic form - or barbarians at the gate? * Security and Privacy: The rebalancing of access rights after 9/11 * Gumming up the free flow of ideas: intellectual property as a restraint on access For more details or to register, visit: <http://www.cfac.org/assembly_2005.htm> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/