Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee

Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for April 13, 2007

News from Capitol Hill

Just In Time For April 15th: Despite Millions Spent On Upgrades IRS Still Using Computer System Installed 40 Years Ago, CNET News.com, 04.12.07

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6175657.html

Will A Bill Claiming To Promote Openness in Government Be Decided Behind Closed Doors? HumanEvents.com, 04.13.07

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=20239

And Another Bill Could Create Chaos in the Executive Branch While Pretending to Reform Lobbying, Tothecenter.com, 03.28.07

http://www.tothecenter.com/news.php?readmore=1385

Activist’s Corner and First Amendment

Do Doctors Have The Right To Refuse Patients Wanting Procedures Against Their Own Religious Beliefs? OneNewsNow.com, 04.07.07

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/04/homosexual_sues_doctors_who_re.php

Free Speech Does Not Include the Right to Throw Rocks at Presidential Advisors, OneNewsNow.com, 04.09.07

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/04/yaf_students_who_attacked_rove.php

Internet and Related Security Issues

What Are “Astroturf” Organizations And Why Are They Having An Impact On The Net Neutrality Debate? Neimanwatchdog.org, 04.04.07

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=background.view&backgroundid=00167

The Anatomy of A Database Break-in: It Only Takes One Person, The St. Petersburg Times, 04.13.07

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/13/Business/Port_of_Tampa_employe.shtml

International News

Years In The Making, New Smart Cameras Will Record And Interpret What They See, The Sydney Morning Herald, 04.12.07

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/security-cameras-get-eyes-brains/2007/04/10/1175971104220.html

Manchester Airport To Track Passengers With RFID Tags, The London Telegraph, 04.11.07

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/10/nair10.xml

Miscellaneous Reports

Surprising Results From The National Cultural Values Survey: While Less Than 50% of Americans Attend Regular Religious Services, 87% Believe in God And 68% Blame the Media For “Cultural Degradation,” The National Cultural Values Survey, via The Media Research Center, 2007

http://www.cultureandmediainstitute.org/specialreports/pdf/NationalCulturalValues.pdf

A Chronology of Database Breaches from 2005-2007, Privacyrights.org, 2007

http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm#CP