Nonprofit Organizations and Counterterrorism Measures

Feb 8, 2016

Top 400 Taxpayers See Tax Rates Rise, But There’s More to the Story

As Americans were gathering party supplies to greet the New Year, the Internal Revenue Service released their annual report of cumulative tax data reported on the 400 tax r...

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Feb 4, 2016

Chlorine Bleach Plants Needlessly Endanger 63 Million Americans

Chlorine bleach plants across the U.S. put millions of Americans in danger of a chlorine gas release, a substance so toxic it has been used as a chemical weapon. Greenpeace’s new repo...

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Jan 25, 2016

U.S. Industrial Facilities Reported Fewer Toxic Releases in 2014

The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data for 2014 is now available. The good news: total toxic releases by reporting facilities decreased by nearly six percent from 2013 levels. Howe...

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Jan 22, 2016

Methane Causes Climate Change. Here's How the President Plans to Cut Emissions by 40-45 Percent.

UPDATE (Jan. 22, 2016): Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its proposed rule to reduce methane emissions...

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March 31, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 6

Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):

1. Judge Rules Warrantless Wiretap of U.S. Charity Unconstitutional
2. Hearing Examines Government & Community Engagement Efforts To Disrupt Terror Plots
3. UN’s Improved Listing Process Receives Praise from State's Top Counterterrorism Official
4. Letter Urges Reforms on Charitable Giving Rules
5. President Asked to Nominate Appointees to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
6. State and Defense Officials To Senate: Military Alone Cannot Counter Violent Extremism
7. Law Review Article Calls 2004 Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Law a Failure
8. Report: More Aid Reduces Terrorism Threat in African Horn

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March 15, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 5
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):

1. Planned Parenthood, Others Targets of Unlawful Intelligence Collection Between 2001-2008

2. President Urged to Nominate Appointees to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

3. UN Will Evaluate Human Rights Record of U.S., Rights of Civil Society an Issue

4. Authors Highlight the Securitization of Aid and Restrictions on Nonprofits

5. Presidential Advisory Council Recommends Against Implementing USAID’s PVS

6. Austin Plane Attack Highlights Double Standards by Seema Ahmad

7. Multimedia for the Supreme Court case: Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

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Advisory Council Provides Recommendations on Faith-Based and Community Organizations

Mar 11, 2010 by Amanda Adams*

The Chronicle of Philanthropy ($$) details the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships' new report offering suggestions for the government in its work with charities. The panel provided a 164-page document which included recommendations to ensure that religious charities use government money only for secular activities.

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Supreme Court Hears Charities' First Amendment Challenge to Patriot Act

On Feb. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, a case challenging parts of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act). The Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) and other charities allege that sections of the law violate the First Amendment.

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March 1, 2010 Charity and Security Network Newsletter

Vol. 2, Issue 4
Featured articles, blogs and abstracts (click on headline to read full article):

1. Supreme Court To Decide if Parts of Patriot Act Violate First Amendment

2. House Joins Senate in Passing Bill to Extend Patriot Act Provisions

3. Event Recap: What's at Stake in the Supreme Court Case Holder v. HLP

4. Blog: Will Lieberman Use Fort Hood Shooting to Crush our Right to be Radical?

5. Report: The Dangers of Militarized Aid in Afghanistan

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Charities Challenge Anti-Terrorism Law

Feb 23, 2010 by Amanda Adams*

The Supreme Court heard arguments today (Feb. 23) in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, a case challenging the constitutionality of the definition of material support. Human rights and humanitarian aid charities say the law is so broad that it squelches their speech and advocacy work. The definition of material support includes services, training, expert advice, and could criminalize their work even when they have peaceful goals.

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