-The New York Times, December 12, 2009 Editorial
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/opinion/13sun2.html?scp=1&sq=samuelson+clinic&st=nyt
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law sued the Department of Defense, the C.I.A. and other federal agencies under the Freedom of Information Act to learn more about their use of social networking sites. The suit seeks to uncover what guidelines these agencies have about this activity, including information about whether agents are permitted to use fake identities or to engage in subterfuge, such as tricking people into accepting Facebook friend requests.
-The Huffington Post, December 15, 2009 by Leslie Harris
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-harris/feds-on-your-friends-list_b_392542.html
“Although the Federal Government clearly uses social-networking websites to collect information, often for laudable reasons, it has not clarified the scope of its use of social networking websites or disclosed what restrictions and oversight is in place to prevent abuse,” says a law suit filed earlier this month by EFF and the Samuelson Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley.