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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Pakistani Charity Investigated in London Airline Plot

Aug 21, 2006 by Kay Guinane

See the Aug. 14 New York Times British and Pakistani investigators are trying to determine whether the group of Britons suspected of plotting to blow up as many as 10 commercial airliners may have received money raised for earthquake relief by a Pakistani charity that is a front for an Islamic militant group. The charity, Jamaat ud Dawa, which is active in the mosques of Britain’s largest cities, played a significant role in carrying out relief efforts after last October’s earthquake in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.

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Donors Are Scared to Send Money for Lebanese Relief

Aug 9, 2006 by Guest Blogger

There are donations of food and medicine for Lebanon, but charity leaders are finding that no one wants to give them money. Why? From the Washington Post: The problem, according to relief groups, is that many people who are inclined to write checks for emergency aid and reconstruction in Lebanon are afraid of ending up in some government database of suspected supporters of terrorism. [...]

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Bush Administration Shuts Down Saudi-based Charity

Aug 7, 2006 by Guest Blogger

According to the AP: The Bush administration took steps Thursday to financially incapacitate branches of a Saudi-based Islamic charity and one of its high-ranking officials for allegedly helping al-Qaida bankroll terrorist acts. The Treasury Department's action is directed at the Philippine and Indonesian offices of the International Islamic Relief Organization. The charity has operations in more than 20 countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the department said. For more on the story, click here.

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US Gov't To Inspect Reporters Phone Calls Over Islamic Charity Leak

Aug 3, 2006 by Amanda Adams*

From the New York Times: A federal prosecutor may inspect the telephone records of two New York Times reporters in an effort to identify their confidential sources, a federal appeals court in New York ruled yesterday. [...]

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Donations Slow to Middle East

Jul 28, 2006 by Guest Blogger

From the Chronicle of Philathropy: While some nonprofit organizations have received strong financial support from Jewish donors and other people with personal ties to the region, many aid groups say they have yet to see much of a response, in part because the political dimensions of the crisis have overshadowed the humanitarian needs.

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Fundraiser for Islamic Charity Released

Jul 28, 2006 by Guest Blogger

From the Associated Press: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of a top fundraiser for an Islamic charity who has been held for two years because the government says he has ties to terrorism, his attorney said Thursday. Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan was ordered released without bond from the Terminal Island federal detention facility, according to his attorney, Ranjana Natarajan of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

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Fundraiser for Islamic Charity Released

Jul 28, 2006 by Guest Blogger

From the Associated Press: LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of a top fundraiser for an Islamic charity who has been held for two years because the government says he has ties to terrorism, his attorney said Thursday. Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan was ordered released without bond from the Terminal Island federal detention facility, according to his attorney, Ranjana Natarajan of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

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CFC Proposed Rule Doesn't Impact Advocacy Rights

Jul 6, 2006 by Guest Blogger

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed changes to the eligibility requirements, the public accountability standards, and to other parts of the current Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) regulations found at Part 950 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The proposed changes are intended to streamline the eligibility requirements, the public accountability standards, and other administrative requirements to reduce the burden on charitable organizations seeking to qualify for the CFC.

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Muslim Charity's Prosecution Reveals Questionable Evidence

Criminal prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a Texas-based Muslim charity shut down by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001, has provided a glimpse into the government's use of evidence to justify seizure and freezing of charitable assets in the name of the war of terrorism. Pre-trial filings shows sanctions have been imposed against charities and their officials for contacting organizations that are not designated by the government as supporters of terrorism. The case also appears to depend on questionable foreign intelligence information and faulty translations.

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Nonprofits Sue Defense Dept. Over Surveillance

On June 14 the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against the Department of Defense (DOD) on behalf if itself and six state affiliates over DOD's failure to respond to their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The request seeks records DOD has collected on over two dozen groups critical of the administration's war policies.

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