FCNL: Rights and Liberties Weekly (04/10/07)

Volume 4, No. 14 April 10, 2006 Federal Secrecy: I/S Journal, published by Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon, focused its most recent issue on “Federal Secrecy After September 11 and the Future of the Information Society.” Find these scholarly articles, with abstracts, here: http://is-journal.org/articles.php?level=1 School of the Americas: Uruguay and Argentina have halted the training of troops at the U.S. Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known at the School of the Americas (SOA). Graduates from this school in Georgia have been found responsible for many egregious human rights abuses in South and Central America. Read the SOA Watch’s press release here: http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=63042 Torture: Sen. Carl Levin (MI), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, recently sent four-page questionnaires to 50 soldiers who worked in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. The questionnaire asked them for more information regarding the use and authorization of abusive tactics there. Read more here (free registration required): http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/iraq/bal-ghraib0328,1,1493770.story?ctrack=1&cset=true Identity Theft: Several groups, from law enforcement to the tech industry, have joined in a ‘Call to Action’ against phishing scams. Phishing, the attempt to trick unsuspecting individuals into divulging personal information like bank account numbers or Social Security numbers has become a national problem. Follow this link to find the report with recommendations for dealing with the problem of phishing effectively: http://www.nclnet.org/news/2006/Phishing_Report_03162006.htm _____________________ Visit FCNL’s Website: http://www.fcnl.org Contact Congress and the administration: http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/ Order FCNL publications and “War is Not the Answer” campaign bumper stickers and yard signs: http://www.fcnl.org/pubs/ http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=bump Contribute to FCNL: http://www.fcnl.org/donate/ Subscribe to this list: Send a message to rights-and-liberties-subscribe@fcnl.org or visit http://www.fcnl.org/forms/forms.php?type=ls and select the Rights and Liberties list. Subscribe to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists: http://www.fcnl.org/email/ ______________________ FCNL’s Rights and Liberties Weekly is intended as a supplement to other FCNL Civil Liberties and Human Rights Program materials and does not reflect FCNL's complete policy position on any issue, nor does it include all pertinent facts on any topic. For more information, please contact: Friends Committee on National Legislation 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795 fcnl@fcnl.org * www.fcnl.org phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-1330