Monthly Archives: July 2007 »
“I Helped MI5. My Reward: Brutality and Prison”
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
Read More »Yesterday – a plan to Whitewash; Today – Monsanto nailed for Bribery
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
Read More »Pupil fingerprinting in schools is unnecessary, intrusive and insecure
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
Read More »We’re still in denial about 9/11 and ongoing Bush/Republican Treason
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
Read More »Producer of 9/11 conspiracy film arrested
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
Read More »Astronauts ‘drunk during missions’
By Virginie Montet THE US space agency faced a full-blown crisis today as US politicians promised to probe how NASA allowed astronauts to fly missions while drunk as well as the sabotage of in-flight
Read More »U.S. Reportedly Planning $20B Saudi Arms Deal
Forbes The Bush administration is preparing a $20 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia as part of a strategy for countering Iran, according to published press reports. The proposed 10-year package of advanced weaponry
Read More »Lies, scams and threats – banks are condemned
GraÍnne Gilmore and Elizabeth Colman Britain’s banks and building societies have lied to and threatened customers who complain about overdraft charges, the Government’s financial regulator said. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has rebuked current
Read More »She rips cops, then gets raided
BY KATE N. GROSSMAN Four days after a CHA resident was quoted in the Chicago Sun-Times complaining about the police, her home was turned upside down by officers looking for drugs. Carol Wallace, a
Read More »Congress delivers blow to Bush’s European missile project by slashing funding
· Bipartisan committee cuts overall defence spending · President may be reluctant to use legislative veto Ewen MacAskill in Washington Friday July 27, 2007 The Guardian The US president, George Bush. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty
Read More »Biometrics Slammed by UK’s Largest Visa and Immigration Company
The UK’s largest visa and immigration company, www.globalvisas.com, is fundamentally challenging Gordon Brown’s anti-terrorist strategy, branding it as “inconvenient, highly questionable and not thought through in the slightest”. The prime minister has made it
Read More »Spymasters reveal untold story of Libby’s commutation
ROBERT MORTON Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, received a 30-month prison sentence for his repeated and blatant lies, which bamboozled the serious criminal investigation into who
Read More »Of Marx, Christ, and the Persecution of Radicals
By Jason Miller RINF Alternative News A few days ago, one of my closest friends hit me with a heavily loaded question. “Are you a Communist?” she queried. To which I replied: I do
Read More »ID card consultancy hits £50m
By Sarah Arnott The government has spent £53m on consultants for the national biometric identity card scheme, and continues to use 83 external contractors at a cost of nearly £50,000 per day. The figures
Read More »4 Year Olds Now Being Fingerprinted
By Sarah Miloudi SCHOOLS in Wales could fingerprint pupils as young as four without asking for parental consent first, it emerged yesterday. Under new guidelines schools throughout Wales could opt to collect a child’s
Read More »McDonald’s sued in China
Reuters A Chinese lawyer has sued McDonald’s in China for using mostly English, not Chinese, on its receipts, violating his right to information, media reported on Friday. The lawyer, identified only as Shan, decided
Read More »Cashless (RFID) train tickets planned
By Dave Friedlos Rail passengers throughout the UK will in future use cashless tickets, including smart cards, barcodes on mobile phones and radio frequency identification (RFID), says the government rail White Paper released yesterday.
Read More »Sudan accuses CIA of smuggling weapons into Darfur
SudanTribune Sudan’s interior minister accused Central Intelligence Agency of smuggling weapons into the troubled region of Darfur. Interior Minister Zubair Bashir Taha addressing a crowd consisting of youth organizations said that the CIA is
Read More »Bush’s international peace conference: A conspiracy against the Palestinian people
By Jean Shaoul President Bush’s July 16 announcement that he will relaunch the Middle East peace process with an international conference in New York is an attempt to use the puppet regime of Mahmoud
Read More »RINF Podcast: Biometric Schools
By Mick Meaney RINF Alternative News [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Following on from a recent report about fingerprinting in schools, I speak to Ben Emlyn-Jones, an Oxford father who stood up for civil
Read More »Reviewing Michael Parenti’s “Democracy For the Few”
By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News Michael Parenti is an internationally known speaker and award winning author of 20 books and hundreds of articles. He’s also a noted academic having taught at a number
Read More »Federal Agents Using Spyware
By Bruce Schneier U.S. drug enforcement agents use key loggers to bypass both PGP and Hushmail encryption: An agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration persuaded a federal judge to authorize him to sneak into
Read More »UK takes to arresting journalists
By Stephen Brook The Daily Mirror today furiously attacked British Transport Police for using the Terrorism Act to arrest two of its staff, saying it jeopardised the future of investigative journalism. Authorities released Mirror
Read More »CIA discounted British concerns, say MPs
· Americans ignored caveats on intelligence · ‘Serious implications’ after British residents seized Richard Norton-Taylor Thursday July 26, 2007 The Guardian MI5 contributed to the seizure of two British residents by the CIA, which
Read More »Bipartisan group blasts NSA wiretaps
UPI A U.S. bipartisan group Wednesday said the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program is illegal. The Liberty and Security Committee of the Constitution Project said in a statement that the U.S. Congress should
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