However, we checked with the OECD, which defends its data.
(The authors called the ACLU, which defends pornography as free speech, "the pro-pimp lobby").
Three years ago, Carens published "The Ethics of Immigration," which defends a simple proposition: "Immigrants belong".
The New York-based heir donates to, and helps organize fund-raisers for, Conservation International, which defends natural resources.
Similar moves in California have prompted the creation of the Steering Wheel Club, which defends Americans' right to drive.
Today's issue also carries a response from the Food and Drug Administration, which defends the product's approval.
On Wednesday, Luxembourg, which has become an important financial center and which defends banking secrecy, underlined its opposition.
I asked the Texas Freedom Network, an organization which defends civil and religious liberties, about revisionist history standards there.
But this verdict is challenged by the Association of Colleges, which defends the quality of its members' traditional engineering courses.
Representatives of the group met last week with the management of Telecinco, which defends its right to show a prominent production featuring several leading Spanish actors.
Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group, which defends freedom of expression on the internet, added: "How do people 'know' when someone is planning to riot?
