Archive - Oct 2007

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October 29th

D'Oh: House Panel Screw-Up Reveals Whistleblower Email Addresses

It's not immediately clear whether the mistake will lead to the
exposure of those who had contacted the committee. There are more than
150 recipient addresses revealed in the email.

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Will Now Tell All - and Face Charges if Necessary - to Any Major Television Network T

Everything she hasn't been allowed to tell since 2002, about
the criminal penetration of the FBI where she worked, and at the

October 22nd

Bush's legal club: 'state secrets'

The present administration has closed our courtroom doors, in lower courts as well as the Supreme Court, 39 times since 2001 with the "state secrets" barrier more than double the average in the past 24 years.

October 18th

Forty-seven state, national organizations, health IT companies demand consumers regain control of Personal Health Records

The Tipping Point for Health IT is not about funding or even bureaucracy: it’s about PATIENTS trusting that their most personal information will be protected.

Washington, DC: The bi-partisan Coalition for Patient Privacy is back on the steps of the Capitol urging Congress to restore basic privacy protections; only this year they have doubled their membership and included health IT corporations, big and small. As everyone races to build electronic health records systems without ironclad federal privacy protections, the ACLU, AIDS Action, the American Association for People with Disabilities, American Conservative Union, Family Research Council, Patient Privacy Rights, Consumer Action, Microsoft Corp., Inc. and many more ask Congress to step to the plate and set national privacy standards. Three-fourths of the American public want Congress, not unelected bureaucrats or the whims of the market, to ensure our right to health privacy is protected in electronic systems and yet we still have no Federal statutory right to health privacy.

October 11th

Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act Permanent

Stop Congress from Making the Protect America Act
Permanent

This is a target:

The REAL ID Act: An Update by Jim Harper

In fact, it's unlikely that a single state will comply with this
national ID law — a whopping unfunded surveillance mandate passed
hastily by Congress in May 2005. The Department of Homeland Security
asked states to commit to REAL ID or ask for an extension by October
1st, so now is a good time to review where things are with REAL ID, and
perhaps see where they're going.

Legislators Against Real ID

Legislators Against Real ID, L.A.R.I., is a coalition of states formed
to put up a united front against the federal governments effort to
impose a national identification program.

October 2nd

Federal Court Strikes Down Bush Executive Order on Presidential Records Court Finds Bush Order Impedes Access, Violates Presiden

A federal district court today struck down part of an executive order issued by President Bush in 2001 to limit public access to the records of past presidents.

October 1st

October 1st 2007 News from the Liberty Coalition

Dear Friend of Liberty,

Thank you for your continued support of the Liberty Coalition and our efforts to protect and promote Constitutional Liberties. We hope you enjoy our newsletter.

 

In Liberty,

Michael D. Ostrolenk

National Director, Liberty Coalition

 

New Coalition Partners: