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From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 03:15:49 MST

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    EPIC Launches FOIA Gallery
    In celebration of Freedom of Information Day, EPIC has created the
    Online FOIA Gallery 2003. The Web site provides scanned images of
    documents obtained by EPIC through the Freedom of Infomation Act,
    including evidence of the misuse of the Foreign Intelligence
    Surveillance Act, video monitoring of political protesters in
    Washington, DC, and the names and project titles of the
    organizations receiving funding from John Poindexter for research on
    Total Information Awareness. (Mar. 14)
    http://www.epic.org/open_gov/foiagallery.html

    Senators Want Answers on Air Profiling
    The Senate Commerce Committee has unanimously agreed to an amendment
    (pdf) by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) that would require the Transportation
    Security Administration to report to Congress on the privacy and
    civil liberties implications of the controversial CAPPS-II air
    passenger profiling system. See EPIC's Air Travel Privacy page for
    background information. (Mar. 13)

    EP Opposes Passenger Data Disclosure
    An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament has adopted a
    resolution opposing a data disclosure arrangement (pdf) agreed upon
    by the European Commission and the US on February 17-18. The
    arrangement allows European airlines to transfer airline passenger
    data to US Customs. Parliament has stated that this arrangement has
    no legal basis, and believes that it could cause the US
    administration to enter "de facto 'data-mining' territory." The
    resolution questions the legal legitimacy of this kind of data
    disclosure in both the European Union and the US. For more
    information, see EPIC's page on Surveillance of European Air
    Travelers. (Mar. 13)

    "Fix" Proposed for New FOIA Exemption
    Several U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to narrow the
    broad FOIA exemption for "critical infrastructure protection"
    information that Congress included in the Homeland Security Act. In
    Congressional testimony last year, EPIC warned that the broad
    exemption could hamper public oversight of the new Department of
    Homeland Security. (Mar. 12)

    Patriot Act II
    http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/

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