The ACLU of Massachusetts (ACLUM) will file an amicus brief in a legal appeal over the federal subpoenas of confidential archival material held by Boston College. On Friday, needing time to prepare that amicus brief, the ACLUM asked a First Circuit judge to extend the filing deadlines in two related appeals -- consolidated for the court's simultaneous consideration -- filed by Belfast Project researchers Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre. The brief is below.
What would appear to be a positive development on the surface is exposed by Bray and Maloney as a sham appeal designed to limit the damage to BC's reputation by its previous capitulation. There is a boxing term which describes BC's legal tactics, 'powder punching' i.e throwing punches that do little or no damage to the opponent.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
Give those wasters some Red Bull it gives you wings,then they can fly south with the rest of the pigeons,
ReplyDeleteMarty,
ReplyDeleteno Red Bull but plenty of whiskey tonight. I was out in the town with an old friend from Belfast. Just in. By the way, I finished the poteen! Great!
Dhort but sweet: worth a read from Ed Moloney's blog The Broken Elbow.
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What would appear to be a positive development on the surface is exposed by Bray and Maloney as a sham appeal designed to limit the damage to BC's reputation by its previous capitulation. There is a boxing term which describes BC's legal tactics, 'powder punching' i.e throwing punches that do little or no damage to the opponent.
ReplyDeleteAlec,
ReplyDeletea good term - powder punching. That is what they are doing.
I suppose it would help if I used a spell check first. Short not Dhort but sweet!!
ReplyDeleteGreat statement from the American Sociological Association on Chris Bray's blog
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