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Police Grapple With The Dark Side of Social Media

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The role social media played in the deadly riots in London and violent flash mobs in the U.S. in the past week are behind moves by law enforcement on both sides of the Atlantic to establish special crime units dedicated to policing Twitter and Facebook for evidence of crimes in the making.

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SNAP Caught Defending Doctor Convicted on Child Porn Charges

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The Survivors Network for Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), which aggressively pursues any priest accused of the sexual abuse of minors, is now taking fire for their public defense of a psychiatrist who worked with the organization until he was convicted on child pornography charges.

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Religious Exemption From Birth Control Mandate Can Still be Changed!

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist The battle over a controversial new ObamaCare rule requiring all employers to cover birth control is not quite over as both sides in the debate take advantage of a 60 day comment period that could result in the exemptions either being broadened or discarded altogether.

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