Friday, March 25, 2011

William Cronon: Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom

Posted 25 March 2011


A Tactic I Hope Republicans Will Rethink:

Using the Open Records Law to Intimidate Critics

Here’s the headline: the Wisconsin Republican Party has issued an Open Records Law request for access to my emails since January 1 in response to a blog entry I posted on March 15 concerning the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in influencing recent legislation in this state and across the country. I find this a disturbing development, and hope readers will bear with me as I explain the strange circumstances in which I find myself as a result.

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