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Panelists explore the NSA and the ‘knotty’ question of the public’s right to know

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2013Politicsact, alaina pritchard, american journalism, american public, boston bombing, cia, congress, david a schulz, edward snowden, fisa, foreign intelligence surveillance, gabriel schoenfeld, guardian editor, hudson institute, james bamford, james risen, journalism, klamp, legal protections, massive surveillance program, national security, national security agency, new york, new york times, nsa, poynter fellowship, president harry truman, spencer ackerman, the puzzle palace, times square bombing, underwear bomber, us justice department

Without any sort of legal protections in place, journalists reporting on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) massive surveillance program are facing a huge challenge, said Spencer Ackerman, the Guardian’s U.S. national security editor, during a panel discussion at the Law School on Dec. 5.

Ackerman took part in a discussion titled “Investigative Reporting, Espionage and NSA Leaks” with James Bamford, who is widely regarded as the chief chronicler of the NSA, and Gabriel Schoenfeld, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The discussion, sponsored by KLAMP and the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism, was moderated by David A. Schulz, the Floyd Abrams Clinical Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and partner at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz LLP in New York. (more…)

U.S. Citizenship May Be Determined At Random

By Guest PostMarch 12, 2012Politicsact, americans, civics knowledge, data, fate, immigrant, immigration officer, immigration services, michigan state university, naturalization, noncitizenship, paula winke, sat, test, united states, us citizenship, uscis

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The fate of nearly half a million immigrants hoping for U.S. citizenship may have been determined randomly, at least in part, according to a new study by a Michigan State University researcher who found the high-stakes civics test isn’t a reliable measure of civics knowledge.

To be awarded citizenship, immigrants must correctly answer six of 10 questions on the verbally administered civics portion of the U.S. Naturalization Test, said Paula Winke, assistant professor of second language studies. (more…)

People Learn While They Sleep, Study Suggests

By Guest PostSeptember 30, 2011Healthact, kimberly fenn, learning while sleeping, michigan state university, national sleep foundation, people, sat, traditional memory systems, unconscious form of memory, zach hambrick

EAST LANSING, Mich. — People may be learning while sleeping – an unconscious form of memory that is still not well understood, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

The findings are highlighted in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. (more…)

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Panelists explore the NSA and the ‘knotty’ question of the public’s right to know

U.S. Citizenship May Be Determined At Random

People Learn While They Sleep, Study Suggests