There’s information, and then there’s *information*

Serious News: The winds of politics blow strange. After 30 years of Freedom of Information Act requests by watchdog types in the U.S., we’re finally seeing some (inconsistent) compliance. Reports like this account of 1,000+ pages of documented Patriot Act abuses by the FBI being handed over to citizen groups are becoming more common. I submit that scandals such as detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib are part of what has swung the balance.

Meanwhile, in Canada, decades of government and military information freedom is now being throttled, apparently specifically in the area of detainee treatment in Afghanistan. This is not good.

Less Serious News: What could be more awesome than a contest for librarians to pimp out their library carts?  I can’t think of many things at all. Pictures here.

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