Door Nigel Morris
De weinig Iraakse vluchtelingen die de gevaarlijke en dure reis aan Groot-Brittannië voltooien hebben weinig perspectief op wordt toegestaan te blijven.
Van de twee miljoen Irakezen die hun geboorteland zijn gevlucht, hebben slechts ongeveer 9.000 asiel in dit land geëistm aangezien Saddam Hussein door de ons-Geleide invasie in Maart 2003 werd omvergeworpen.
Enkel 1.305 Irakees […]
John Wildermuth
State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California’s voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems’ electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday.
The researchers “were able to bypass physical and software security in every machine […]
By Nigel Morris
Legislation proposed by the Government to allow terrorist suspects to be held for up to 56 days without charge will be condemned today by a parliamentary committee.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights says that ministers and police have failed to make the case for extending the detention period beyond the current 28-day limit.
It […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 searching the databases, or data mining, raised such […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Bush/Republicans didn’t simply fall asleep at the wheel during 9/11 — they were DRIVING THE BLOODY CAR.
So, when oh when are we going to come to terms with this ultimate treason?
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 […]
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