Post by Origanalist on Oct 17, 2014 20:58:46 GMT -8
Um, what?
Village of 300 people, 100 police.....
Detroit attorney warns Oakley against releasing reservist names, cites ISIS threat
OAKLEY, MI — A letter from a Detroit attorney urges Oakley leaders to wait until a new board is elected before releasing information about police reservists.
Among reasons the board should pause in honoring a Freedom of Information Act Request sought by MLive/The Saginaw News, the letter states, is a possible threat against police from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Trustee Francis Koski said a printed copy of the letter was left in the door of his house Thursday, Oct. 16. Trustees Dennis Bitterman and Norm Wolfe said the same.
A separate notice of a special meeting "for the purpose of authorizing a declaratory judgment on the FOIA appeal" with President Pro Tem Sue Dingo's name printed on the bottom was left with the letter, Koski said.
The letter is typed with the name Herschel P. Fink, a well-known Detroit attorney, at the bottom. The News could not immediately reach Fink for comment.
The letter, given to The Saginaw News by Koski, indicates that reservists expected confidentiality. The letter goes on to state:
"Further, given the extreme dysfunction of the Village Board, and the rampant conflicts of interest that exist, along with emotional outbursts at past Board meetings, there is a real fear that release of the information poses a safety threat to the reserve police officers and their families, and that the information will be used for improper purposes."
Regarding national security, the letter states, "Adding to the justifiable fear of malicious purpose, on October 13, 2014, the FBI and United States Department of Homeland Security issued the attached warning bulletin to all law enforcement personnel, stating in relevant part:
"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and online supporters call for attacks against law enforcement and government personnel." To release identifying information about law enforcement personnel under such circumstances would not only result in damages against the Village, and everyone involved in such a release, it would likely be considered as having been done with malice, opening the door to punitive damages, as well. There is no governmental immunity for such acts, nor privilege for attorneys advising their clients to do so."
More at...www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/10/email_sent_by_detroit_attorney.html
via..antiwar.com/blog/2014/10/17/isis-cited-as-michigan-villages-police-push-for-secrecy/
Village of 300 people, 100 police.....
Detroit attorney warns Oakley against releasing reservist names, cites ISIS threat
OAKLEY, MI — A letter from a Detroit attorney urges Oakley leaders to wait until a new board is elected before releasing information about police reservists.
Among reasons the board should pause in honoring a Freedom of Information Act Request sought by MLive/The Saginaw News, the letter states, is a possible threat against police from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
Trustee Francis Koski said a printed copy of the letter was left in the door of his house Thursday, Oct. 16. Trustees Dennis Bitterman and Norm Wolfe said the same.
A separate notice of a special meeting "for the purpose of authorizing a declaratory judgment on the FOIA appeal" with President Pro Tem Sue Dingo's name printed on the bottom was left with the letter, Koski said.
The letter is typed with the name Herschel P. Fink, a well-known Detroit attorney, at the bottom. The News could not immediately reach Fink for comment.
The letter, given to The Saginaw News by Koski, indicates that reservists expected confidentiality. The letter goes on to state:
"Further, given the extreme dysfunction of the Village Board, and the rampant conflicts of interest that exist, along with emotional outbursts at past Board meetings, there is a real fear that release of the information poses a safety threat to the reserve police officers and their families, and that the information will be used for improper purposes."
Regarding national security, the letter states, "Adding to the justifiable fear of malicious purpose, on October 13, 2014, the FBI and United States Department of Homeland Security issued the attached warning bulletin to all law enforcement personnel, stating in relevant part:
"Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and online supporters call for attacks against law enforcement and government personnel." To release identifying information about law enforcement personnel under such circumstances would not only result in damages against the Village, and everyone involved in such a release, it would likely be considered as having been done with malice, opening the door to punitive damages, as well. There is no governmental immunity for such acts, nor privilege for attorneys advising their clients to do so."
More at...www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/10/email_sent_by_detroit_attorney.html
via..antiwar.com/blog/2014/10/17/isis-cited-as-michigan-villages-police-push-for-secrecy/