{"id":11221,"date":"2015-06-11T16:45:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11221"},"modified":"2015-06-11T16:44:35","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T23:44:35","slug":"oversight-transparency-journalism-and-foia-on-trial-in-us-house-bradcast-6112015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11221","title":{"rendered":"Oversight, Transparency, Journalism and FOIA on Trial in U.S. House: ‘BradCast’ 6\/11\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of breaking news today on The BradCast<\/i><\/a>, including the Cleveland, Ohio court which has now found probable cause to recommend<\/a> murder charges in the police killing of 12-year old African American Tamir Rice; and, yet another<\/a> huge security breach at a federal website. (But don’t worry, Internet Voting is still totally safe, right?); Rep. Alan Grayson and other progressives say it’s time to “burn up the phones”<\/a> to stop TPP “Fast Track” authority in the U.S. House; And the climate science denying, “free speech loving” loons at Heartland Institute toss out<\/a> an environmental journalist from their 10th annual pretend “Climate Change Conference”.<\/p>\n

Then, speaking of freedom of the press, we talk with Vice News’ investigative reporter Jason Leopold<\/a> on new information he’s obtained<\/a> on the U.S. drone killing of U.S. citizen Samir Kahn, as well as his own testimony (full video here<\/a>, written testimony here [PDF]<\/a><\/i>) before the U.S. House Oversight Committee last week in regard to the Obama Administration’s “slow-walking” of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. He tells both them and me about the “thousands” of requests he’s filed as a journalist and has had to sue to try and see fulfilled; the irony involved in his entertaining testimony before Republican legislators; and just some of the crazy news<\/a> he made in the bargain.<\/p>\n

Plus: don’t miss the saddest story you’ll ever hear about poor Rick Santorum’s run for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination. All on today’s BradCast<\/i>!…<\/p>\n

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