Archive - Jan 2008

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Treason at the State Department: A Whistleblower's Story

“Reporters are terrified of the State Secrets Privilege and being
subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. No one wants to wind
up like Judy Miller — in jail.”

January 29th

Patient Privacy Toolkit

“We’ve put together a number of ways you can both control your private health records from the ground up and fight for the privacy of your health records from the top down,” said Patient Privacy Rights’ Executive Director, Ashley Katz. “And we’re just getting started.” The toolkit will be updated every few months as needed.

Death of a Physician's Private Practice


Testimony Before the US Small Business Administration Regulatory Fairness Forum for Small Business, Glendale, CA,

January 28th

260 Social Security numbers released online by Emily Wuchner

Aaron Titus, privacy director for Liberty Coalition, said the report
was found by using the advanced search feature on major search engines,
such as Google or MSN. If individuals think their identity has been
stolen, Titus recommends going to the Liberty Coalition Web site at
ssnbreach.org and searching for their name.

260 Social Security numbers released online by Emily Wuchner

Aaron Titus, privacy director for Liberty Coalition, said the report
was found by using the advanced search feature on major search engines,
such as Google or MSN. If individuals think their identity has been
stolen, Titus recommends going to the Liberty Coalition Web site at
ssnbreach.org and searching for their name.

January 23rd

Are You a Homegrown Terrorist? by John Whitehead

he danger is the legislation's vague definitions of violent
radicalization and homegrown terrorism and the commission's power to
label individuals and groups as possible terrorists. Violent
radicalization, for example, is defined as "the process of adopting or
promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating

The great ID card rebellion

it is a "UK-wide, non-partisan campaign opposing the government's
planned ID card and national identity register". It works with MPs and
peers from all the mainstream parties, and is currently encouraging
members of the public to put their names to a pledge, whereby they
promise that they will not register for an ID card, supply their

January 22nd

Found in Translation: FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds spills her secrets.

The former FBI translator turned whistleblower tells
a chilling story of corruption at Washington’s highest levels—sale of
nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms
transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage.

Real ID game of chicken by Bob Barr

Time and again since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, our
political leaders in Washington have promised us that in fighting
against our enemies, we must not allow our own cherished freedoms and
liberty to be compromised.

January 19th

FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft

The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets