Defending The Constitutional Liberties Our Forefathers Fought To Guarantee

Kim Hedden, Policy Analyst
Bimonthly Update for May 11, 2007

Government and Privacy: News from Capitol Hill

What Homeland Security is Doing With a Database of Fake Passports, Voice of America, 05.02.07

http://www.voacomnews./english/2007-05-02-voa62.cfm

Data Breach and Accountability Bill Introduced In Senate, The Washington Post, 05.03.07

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/05/federal_data_breach_bills_adva.html?nav=rss_blog

Activist’s Corner and First Amendment

Issue of Detainees at Guantanamo Still Coming Up, The Washington Post, 05.10.07

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051001824.html

Reporters Sue For Invasion of THEIR Privacy, The San Francisco Chronicle, 05.08.07

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/08/BUGVHPMM3R1.DTL&type=tech

Internet and Related Security Issues

What We’re Not Doing About Online Terrorists, Washingtontechnology.com, 05.0307

http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/30566-1.html

International News

UN Urges Random Drug and Alcohol Testing For Drivers in Vienna, The Washington Post, 05.10.07

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002272.html

German Minister of the Interior Wants to Deny Terrorists the Presumption of Innocence, The Houston Chronicle, 05.09.07

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4790538.html

Health and Medical Privacy

Virginia Tech Shootings and Mental Health (Privacy) Records, WLUCTV Online, 05.06.07

http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=6427898&nav=81AX

Massachusetts Forces Individuals and Companies to Purchase Healthcare Insurance: Is It Working? Kaiser Network.org, 05.11.07

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=44870

Real ID

The Latest Estimates of Implementing Real-ID in the States, The Daily Democrat, 05.02.07

http://dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_5801309