Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee

Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for March 16, 2007

Washington New

Senate Fights Over How To Distribute Homeland Security Money, GovExec.com, 03.07.07

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0307/030707cdam1.htm

FBI Director Mueller Takes Responsibility for Misuse of the Patriot Act in Obtaining Records, The New York Times, 03.10.07

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/washington/10fbi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Activist’s Corner and First Amendment Issues

The Debate Continues Over Gardasil, The Washington Post, 03.03.07

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030301356.html

Texas House Overturns Governor Perry’s Executive Order Requiring HPV Vaccine, The Houston Chronicle, (Chron.com) 03.14.07

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4630607.html

They Did What? A Public Performance in South Dakota So Tasteless Even New Yorkers Would Be Appalled, Rapid City Journal, 03.08.07

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/03/08/news/top/news00c_shock_dahl.txt

Internet and Personal Security Issues

Anti-RFID Bills Pending In Many States, Securityinfowatch.com, 03.09.07

http://www.securityinfowatch.com/online/Standards-and-Legislation/10695SIW320

Department of Homeland Security Backs Off RFID Chips in Real ID, Govtech.net, 03.02.07

http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/104193

American Express Has Applied for Patents to Implant People- Tracking Chips in Credit Cards, Spychips.com, 03.09.07

http://www.spychips.com/press-releases/american-express-conference.html

Anti-Spyware Coalition Finalizes Best Practices Report, Antispywarecolation.org, 03.15.07

http://www.antispywarecoalition.org/newsroom/20070315release.htm

Microsoft’s Gates Calls for All-Inclusive Federal Online Privacy Laws, CNET, 03.07.07

http://news.com.com/Gates+urges+federal+data+privacy+law/2100-1014_3-6165395.html

International News

Laid-Back Bahamas Gets First Data Privacy Laws, Bahamas Journal, 03.12.07

http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=47&a=11873

France Bans Recording Video Violence By Citizens; Internet Sites That Post Photos Would Also Be Liable, Macworld.com, 03.06.07

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/03/06/franceban/index.php

In Germany, Where Home Schooling is Illegal, Parents Subjected to Psychiatric Tests While Children Removed from Custody. Via the HSLA website, Worldnetdaily, 03.13.07

http://www.hslda.org/docs/link.asp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eworldnetdaily%2Ecom%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Easp%3FARTICLE%5FID%3D54666

Medical Privacy

Five Simple Ways to Protect Your Own Medical History, Lake Expo, 03.15.07

http://www.lakeexpo.com/articles/2007/03/15/lake_news/05.txt

Miscellaneous Reports

Comprehensive Report on the Hidden Costs and Serious Flaws in RFID Technology

http://www.cagw.org/site/DocServer/Real_ID_FINAL_with_cover.pdf?docID=1281

Department of Homeland Security Abandons RFID in US-Visit Pilot Program. Complete Testimony of Secretary Chertoff before the House Homeland Security Committee, 02.09.07

http://www.epic.org/privacy/us-visit/chertoff_020907.pdf