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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (196232)	8/9/2006 6:55:14 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 281500

Remember, the CIA is not PERMITTED to collect information on US citizens (unless they are involved in acts that threaten the national security of the US. And THEN, they are supposed to turn their information over to the FBI for further investigation. If they're really following the law, they're supposed to destroy the intelligence collection once they determine it's an American citizen. Companies do not have privacy rights. Recall also, "The final official version of the report cites only France, Russia and Canada as violators who paid kickbacks (countries who were also heavily anti-war)" How about the Swiss or Aussies? Or how about the US Government being involved? The US Government has no rights under the Privacy Act? You can disclose entities without disclosing names of individuals. See: usdoj.gov Corporations and organizations also do not have any Privacy Act rights. See St. Michaels Convalescent Hosp. v. California, 643 F.2d 1369, 1373 (9th Cir. 1981); OKC v. Williams, 614 F.2d 58, 60 (5th Cir. 1980); Dresser Indus. v. United States, 596 F.2d 1231, 1237-38 (5th Cir. 1980); Cell Assocs. v. NIH, 579 F.2d 1155, 1157 (9th Cir. 1978); Stone v. Exp.-Imp. Bank of the United States, 552 F.2d 132, 137 n.7 (5th Cir. 1977); Falwell v. Executive Office of the President, 158 F. Supp. 2d 734, 736, 739 n.3 (W.D. Va. 2001); Comm. in Solidarity v. Sessions, 738 F. Supp. 544, 547 (D.D.C. 1990), aff'd on other grounds, 929 F.2d 742 (D.C. Cir. 1991); United States v. Haynes, 620 F. Supp. 474, 478-79 (M.D. Tenn. 1985); Utah-Ohio Gas & Oil, Inc. v. SEC, 1 Gov't Disclosure Serv. (P-H) ¶ 80,038, at 80,114 (D. Utah Jan. 9, 1980); see also OMB Guidelines, 40 Fed. Reg. at 28,951. But cf. Recticel Foam Corp. v. United States Dep't of Justice, No. 98-2523, slip op. at 11-15 (D.D.C. Jan. 31, 2002) (issuing novel ruling that corporation had standing to bring action under Administrative Procedure Act to enjoin agency from disclosing investigative information about company; "[T]he fact that Congress did not create a cause of action for corporations under the Privacy Act does not necessarily mean that Recticel's interests do not fall within the 'zone of interests' contemplated by that Act. It is sufficient for a standing analysis that Plaintiffs' interests 'arguably' fall within the zone of interests contemplated by the statute."), appeal dismissed, No. 02-5118 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 25, 2002). jttmab