Por Nigel Morris los pocos refugiados iraquíes que terminan el viaje peligroso y costoso a Gran Bretaña tienen poca perspectiva de ser permitido a permanecer. De dos millones de iraquíes que han huido su patria, sólo cerca de 9.000 han demandado el asilo en este país desde que Saddam Hussein fue derribado por la invasión Nosotros-conducida en marzo de 2003. Apenas 1.305 asilo-buscadores iraquíes aterrizaron en Gran Bretaña en 2006, una fracción de los 8.950 quiénes…

Los equipos Estado-sancionados Wildermuth de Juan de los hackers de computadora podían romperse con la seguridad de virtualmente cada modelo de las máquinas de votación de California y cambiar resultados o tomar el control de algunas de las funciones electrónicas de los sistemas, según una universidad del estudio de California lanzó viernes. Los investigadores “podían puentear la seguridad en cada máquina que probaron, de la comprobación y del software la secretaria del estado dicha '' Debra Bowen, que autorizó “la tapa para basar…

Por la legislación de Nigel Morris propuesta por el gobierno para permitir que sostengan a los sospechosos del terrorista por hasta 56 días sin carga será condenado hoy por una comisión parlamentaria. La comisión mixta sobre derechos humanos dice que los ministros y el policía no han podido hacer el caso para prolongar el período de la detención más allá de la corriente límite de 28 días. Dice que no ha visto ninguna evidencia que 28 días han sido inadecuados…

Global Health Draft In 2006 Rejected for Not Being Political By Christopher Lee and Marc Kaufman A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy accomplishments, according to current and former public ...

The new Prime Minister is subtler than Mr Blair, but he also believes our freedom gets in the way of security Henry Porter The Observer It is precisely because the Prime Minister appears so earnest and reasonable - is so solicitous, so keen to discover common ground, so conscious of our tradition of rights and freedom, and so strategic in the presentation of his case - that ...

By Todd Lewan Radio frequency ID chips already track products. What about people? The implantation of RFID chips in human beings has lead critics to draw comparisons to livestock, George Orwell's 1984 and even the Bible's Book of Revelations. Meanwhile, manufacturers of the devices insist that in some emergency situations, the chips could mean the difference between life and death. CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted ...

By Tim Weiner An on-the-record master history of the CIA has finally been published, and it lesson is that an incompetent intelligence agency can be as great a threat to national security as not having one at all. The American people may not know it but they have some severe problems with one of their official governmental entities, the Central Intelligence Agency. Because of the almost total secrecy surrounding its activities and ...

By Ellen Connolly POLICE are advising parents to join social networking websites - such as MySpace and Facebook - to "spy" on their children. The move follows growing concern by authorities at teenagers who post intimate information and photos of themselves on the sites for the world to see. Police say the explosion in popularity of sites like MySpace (owned by News Corp, parent company of the publisher of NEWS.com.au)and ...

By SCOTT SHANE and DAVID JOHNSTON A 2004 dispute over the National Security Agency?s secret surveillance program that led top Justice Department officials to threaten resignation involved computer searches through massive electronic databases, according to current and former officials briefed on the program. It is not known precisely why ...

By David Rose When Bisher al-Rawi agreed to work for the British government, he thought he was doing the right thing. He spent four gruelling years at Guantanamo Bay for his efforts. In this remarkable interview he breaks his silence and tells his extraordinary story to David Rose. James Bond used to interview informants in nightclubs and luxury hotels. Le Carr?'s George Smiley preferred park benches, or safe houses ...

By Trevor Wells Farmers Legal Action Group-South Africa The industry front Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO), on Wednesday, revealed their latest public relations plans to introduce third-party auditing "to help agricultural players around the world feel confident that biotech crops are subject to stringent safety standards."? According to Carey Gillam, Kansas City, Missouri, agro-chemical giants Monsanto and DuPont endorsed? this plan. Monsanto has consistently shown disrespect for biosafety rules and a persistent reluctance to ...

Liberal Democrats Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Schools Greg Mulholland leads a House of Commons adjournment debate on use of biometric data in schools. Opening the debate, Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Schools, Greg Mulholland said: ?In this country, thousands of schools are collecting fingerprints or other forms of biometric data from pupils as young as three. They are collected for registration, the lending of library books and the administration of ...

By W. Christopher Epler (Bill) We're still in denial about 9/11 and ongoing Bush/Republican Treason. The evidence just keeps growing and growing that sociopathic ...

By RYAN LENZ A film producer and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who backed a movie about alleged conspiracy theories behind Sept. 11 has been arrested for deserting the 101st Airborne Division two years ago, military officials said Friday. Korey Rowe, 24, a private in the Fort Campbell, Ky.-based division, was arrested in Oneonta, N.Y., and returned to Kentucky despite claiming to have been honorably discharged. Military officials at Fort ...