The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a warning about a little-noticed executive order recently signed by President Bush. The executive order authorizes the Treasury Department to freeze and confiscate the assets of anyone connected to the Iraq insurgency. But the ACLU says the order contains sweeping provisions that pose risks for residents of the United States and for humanitarian workers in Iraq. The order allows the Treasury Department to freeze the funds of anyone who indirectly threatens the peace or stability of Iraq or who undermines efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform. Jameel Jaffer of the ACLU said, “This Executive Order reaches far beyond criminal activity to activity that may be entirely innocent. A person may find herself inadvertently in violation of this order and there is no provision for judicial review.” A recent Washington Post article on the issue began with this sentence: “Be careful what you say and whom you help — especially when it comes to the Iraq war and the Iraqi government.”