Lawsuit Challenges Defense Dept. Recruitment Database
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan that alleges the U.S. Department of Defense violated the law by improperly collecting data on potential military recruits, according to wire service reports. The lawsuit filed on behalf of six teenagers charges that the Pentagon collected data on individuals as young as 16, and kept records on race, ethnicity, gender and social security numbers illegally. Such data included students' grades.
Donald Rumsfeld Charged in Recruitment Database Lawsuit, DirectMag, April 25, 2006.
