From beSpacific, “FBI agents in Guantanamo and other military zones were faced with interrogators from other agencies who used more aggressive interrogation techniques. The FBI ultimately decided that it would not participate in joint interrogations of detainees with other agencies in which techniques not allowed by the FBI were used. Our investigation found that the vast majority of the FBI agents deployed in Guantanamo and the other military zones continued to adhere to FBI policies and separated themselves from other agencies’ interrogators who were using non-FBI-approved techniques. In only a few instances did FBI agents use techniques that would not normally be permitted in the United States or participate in interrogations during which such techniques were used by others.”
Previously I mentioned how I was outraged to learn that the VA Tries To Misdiagnose Veterans by advising mental health employees “refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out. Consider a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder, R/O PTSD.” Well this was because Adjustment Disorder is “non-compensable” according to VA Tries To Misdiagnose Veterans by advising mental health employees “refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD straight out. Consider a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder, R/O PTSD.” Well this was because Adjustment Disorder is “non-compensable” according to Gordon P. Erspamer of Morrison & Foerster’s San Francisco office.
Thanks again to PI Buzz for posting this tidbit, I felt it appropriate to post too, since after all this is the Public Records Guy blog.
In a May 20, 2008 Opinion Memorandum, the California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr. via Deputy Attorney General Daniel G. Stone clarified a longstanding misconception by County Assessors. It pertains the online inquiries for property assessments, etc. They frequently post a disclaimer, erroneously citing a section of the law that actually does not apply to their very claim.
May
29
General Electric was the talk among legal blogs this last week. Jim Calloway blogged about it, I read it, then couldn’t find the details. My colleague Tamara Thompson of PIBuzz emailed me recently inquiring whether I was going to write about it.
May
26
Below is the rare video of the memorial service and funeral for a U.S. HERO.
MA2 Mike Monsoor (Navy Seal)
Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our country. Thank you to the families of our fallen soldiers. I would like to offer these photographs (sniped from Flickr and other sites) as a reminder. Please feel free to click on them for larger views, if they’re available. Don’t let this day pass us by without remembering the true cost of our FREEDOM. May God continue to Bless the U.S.A.
This is the absolute best argument for why we as the Citizens of this country need Open Access Laws and Freedom of Information. I just learned that the VA is intentionally trying to misdiagnose or withhold the proper diagnosis of Veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
