[EL] Check out F.D.A. Surveillance of Scientists Spread to Outside Critics - NYTim

[Zac Morgan]

Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:



I didn't see any evidence in this article that anyone was being harassed for making campaign contributions, and as we've discussed on this list ad nauseum (and as spelled out in more detail here<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1948313>), my view of the evidence from two recent cases involving allegations of harassment of campaign contributors is that there is no systemic evidence that harassment of campaign contributors is a problem.  Rare instances of genuine threats of harassment may be dealt with through an "as applied" exemption to disclosure laws.



On 7/15/12 8:06 AM, Joe La Rue wrote:
It is interesting that Van Hollen is upset about THIS disclosure. Of course, he was number 14 on the list. I guess disclosure is only good when it's somebody else's speech that is being disclosed.

On Jul 15, 2012, at 6:28 AM, JBoppjr at aol.com<mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:

Click here: F.D.A. Surveillance of Scientists Spread to Outside Critics - NYTimes.com<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/us/fda-surveillance-of-scientists-spread-to-outside-critics.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all>

Government going after critics, exactly the type of activity that can chill political speech and that makes disclosure a burden.  Jim Bopp
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