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Trafficking in human beings: Internet recruitment. Misuse of the Internet for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human beings, prepared by Athanassia P. Sykiotou, Lecturer in Criminology, Faculty of Law, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece). Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs Council of Europe 2007. (150 pages, PDF) The Campaign: Human being …
Via OpenCRS – CRS Report, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress, December 5, 2007 (27 pages, PDF). “Open source information (OSINT) is derived from newspapers, journals, radio and television, and the Internet. Intelligence analysts have long used such information to supplement classified data, but systematically collecting open source information has not been a priority …
Hispanics and the 2008 Election: A Swing Vote?, by Paul Taylor and Richard Fry, Pew Hispanic Center, December 6, 2007: “After spending the first part of this decade loosening their historic ties to the Democratic Party, Hispanic voters have reversed course in the past year, a new nationwide survey of Latinos by the Pew Hispanic …
Press release: “Political campaign spending on advertising media and marketing services is expected to rocket to an all-time high of $4.50 billion in the 2008 election cycle, as an acrimonious political environment, record fundraising and the high number of presidential candidates are driving an unprecedented media spending splurge, according to a preliminary forecast analysis released …
Monthly Budget Review, December 2007: “The federal budget deficit was $157 billion during the first two months of fiscal year 2008, CBO estimates, $35 billion more than the shortfall recorded through November of last year. Close to half of that difference is the result of shifts in the timing of certain payments and a difference …
Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women’s Access to Prescription Medicines: “This article presents findings from the 2004 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey examining how health insurance coverage affects access to prescription medicines for non-elderly women. Results from the nationally representative telephone survey indicate that a lack of health insurance coverage is significantly associated with experiencing …
Follow up to Conyers, House Judiciary Members Question CIA, DOJ on Destroyed Interrogation Tapes, from the New York Times: Inquiry Begins Into Tapes Destruction: “The Justice Department and the Central Intelligence Agencys internal watchdog on Saturday began a joint preliminary inquiry into the spy agencys destruction of hundreds of hours of videotapes showing interrogations of …
“Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-TX, of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, released the following statement on the successful filing of the House-Senate conference report of H.R. 2082, the fiscal year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act, clearing the bill for consideration on the floor of the U.S. House: This isstrong legislation that provides full funding for …
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: “In August 2007, there were 62 federal prosecutions of child pornography, according to timely enforcement data from the Justice Department. Though unchanged from the previous month, filings in this category are down by about half (49.7%) from the previous year, and down 20% from five years ago. These declines follow a …
Follow up to previous postings on Blackwater, this press release from Committee on Oversight: “State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard announced his resignation today. In response to the announcement, Chairman Waxman released the following statement: Mr. Krongards decision removes an enormous distraction from the Inspector Generals office and will allow the office to focus …
Treasury Economic Update 12/7/2007: “Today’s data indicate that the labor market remains healthy, with a low unemployment rate and continued job growth. We expect the economic expansion to continue even with the challenges we face in the housing and credit markets.” – Assistant Secretary Phillip Swagel, December 7, 2007
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that their teams of officers who track down criminal aliens and immigration fugitives arrested almost twice as many in fiscal year 2007 than in the previous year. For the first time since records have been kept, the nation’s fugitive alien population is on the decline. In the …
