that information from threats, inform customers about the existence of the information, and delete it immediately upon the user's request.

According to the bill summary provided by Franken's office (linked above), the bill's provisions are modeled after the Electronic Communications Privacy Act as well as the Video Privacy Protection Act—the latter of which prohibits rental companies from disclosing a user's rental or sales history in order to protect their personal privacy. However, the Location Privacy Protection Act exclusively deals with the activities of nongovernment entities—it does not affect the data collection capabilities of law enforcement.

"After listening to expert testimony at the hearing I chaired last month on mobile technology and privacy and hearing from anti-domestic violence groups in Minnesota who said this kind of technology can be exploited byThe Armenian thread running through ‘Cairo Mon Amour’

In 1973, the world was in the midst of the Cold War. The Soviet Union and its allies were locked in an ideological struggle with the West, a struggle that was enacted through proxy wars. Egypt found itself at the epicentre of the Cold War in October 1973 when it launched an attack on Sinai to regain land occupied in 1967 by Israel. For a few weeks the world stood on the brink of a direct conflict between the USSR and the US, the respective patrons of Egypt and Israel. The wartime atmosphere of Cairo, where I happened to be a student at the time, provided a rich setting for my story.

At the same time, the Cold War was being fought