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Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee
Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for March 30, 2007
FBI Director Mueller Falls On His Sword in Front of Judiciary Committee, Takes Blame for Illegal Use of Records, CNN.com, 03.27.07
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/27/patriot.act.ap
House Democrats Keep HR 984 Alive; Bill Would Require Executive Branch to Report All Meetings, E-Mails and Contacts from Citizens, OMB Watch, 03.06.07 (For Text of The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and Enter HR 984 in the Search Window.)
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/3741
Onerous Reporting Requirements of HR 984 Would Isolate Executive Branch From Citizens, World Net Daily, 03.16.07
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54715
Unlikely Case Involving High School Students And Free Speech Goes All The Way To The Supreme Court, MSNBC.com, 03.16.07
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17648725/
Arkansas Passes Law Against Coercing Women Into An Abortion, Life News.com, 03.23.07
http://www.lifenews.com/state2181.html
Does Free Speech Include the Right to Disrupt Funerals? One Cleveland Judge Says No, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 03.24.07
http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/117472604990250.xml&coll=2
In Largest U.S. Security Breach To Date, Hackers Break Into Database of TJ Maxx and Marshalls Stores; Stolen Information Then Used To Buy Phony Gift Cards At Wal-Mart, consumerist.com, 03.23.07
http://consumerist.com/consumer/tjmaxx/tj-maxx-data-thieves-caught-buying-8-million-in-walmart-gift-cards-246696.php
TSA Going Ahead With “Backscatter” Machines at Phoenix Airport; Travelers Virtually Undressed By Screeners, Consumer Affairs.com, 03.19.07
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/airport_naked_city.html
“They’ve Got Your Number: How Data Mining Undermines Privacy,” by Jessica Vascellaro in The Wall Street Journal, 03.14.07. (No Link Available. Must have WSJ subscription.)
Has The State of Nevada Been Breaking The Law For Over a Decade By Selling Prescription Information? The Boston Globe, 03.26.07
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/03/26/data_mining_firms_dispute_nevada_stance_on_prescription_privacy/
Data Mining For Terrorists: Why It Invades Privacy And Isn’t Worth The Effort, Forbes.com, 03.23.07
http://www.forbes.com/security/2007/03/23/terrorism-security-database-tech-security-cx_bs_0326security.html
The Counter-Argument: Why We Need Data Mining And Everything Else Available To Find Terrorists, Counterterrorism Blog, 03.07
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/understanding_and_simplifying.php
European Union Wants More Security Before Sharing Data With US Airlines, Dw-world, Deutche Welle, 03.26.07
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2419460,00.html
Egyptian Government Eliminating Most Individual Rights In Crackdown Against Militants, Voice of America News, 03.29.07
http://www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2007-03-29-voa48.cfm
Harris Survey Shows Mixed Results on Medical Privacy Poll, Computerworld, 03.27.07 (FULL TEXT OF SURVEY INCLUDED UNDER REPORTS)
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/032607-survey-e-health-records-dont-have.html
Do You Know What The Law Really Says? Text of Federal Law on Driver’s Licenses, Courtesy of Associated Press in The Akron Beacon Journal, 03.29.07
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16994940.htm
The Complete Harris Survey on Medical Privacy, Including Tables and Statistics, Harris Interactive, 03.26.07
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=743
The District of Columbia Circuit Court Affirms Second Amendment Protection of The Individual Right To Bear Arms, Complete Ruling Courtesy of the NRA Website, 03.09.07
http://www.nraila.org/media/PDFs/dccourt04_7041a.pdf
A Presentation on How To Keep Your Children Safe On the Internet, Secure Kids.com, March 2007
http://www.isecure-kids.com/default_files/frame.htm
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