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Public Citizen, a non-profit watchdog organization founded by Ralph Nader, vocally opposed Graham’s nomination and lobbied senators against...
Even before President Clinton signed the new law in November 1999, privacy advocates and watchdog groups sounded the alarm, saying that for the most part, companies would continue to treat their customers' financial information as if it were corporate property. And as the notices--a billion of them--reached mailboxes this year, the groups turned their ire to companies' skill at obfuscating the matter. "The notices are deceptive, I think intentionally so," says Ed Mierzwinski of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. "The consumer's right is buried after pages of gibberish...
...climate of theological discussion more cautious in light of John Paul II's own conservatism, and also that of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, who as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith plays the watchdog of theological orthodoxy...
Despite its denials, Ford faces growing scrutiny over the design of the Explorer and the role the SUV may have played in the highway disasters. Last month Public Citizen, a consumer watchdog group, accused Ford of knowingly building a rollover-prone Explorer and urged Firestone to expand the recall of its tires. "At its core," says Public Citizen president Joan Claybrook, "the Ford-Firestone tragedy was largely the responsibility of Ford Motor Co." This summer the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is slated to issue a long-awaited report on the cause of the rollovers...
...quote caught the eye of Ron Collins at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a Washington interest group and a watchdog for the "corporatization of science...