Daily Archives: August 5, 2007 »
Biometric Recognition Used To Personalize Ads
By J. Nicholas Hoover In the film version of Minority Report, a personalized ad that knows about past purchases greets a character as he enters the Gap. Meanwhile, American Express ads tell Tom Cruise’s
Read More »DNA swab brings us closer to a police state
The move to widen the UK genetic database is yet another example of a relentless desire to monitor every aspect of our everyday lives Henry Porter Sunday August 5, 2007 The Observer An elderly
Read More »Specter, Leahy question use of 9/11 fund money
By KIMBERLY HEFLING Two senators want to know why a $1 billion Sept. 11 insurance fund appropriated by Congress to help ailing ground zero workers has not been used to compensate those exposed to
Read More »California Limits E-Voting
Prorev [The Times plays down the import of this story, but basically the California Secretary of State found that these machines, used to decide who won recent elections, are not to be trusted.]
Read More »‘Torture flight’ airline sued by MI5 informer
David Rose Sunday August 5, 2007 The Observer Bisher al-Rawi, the British-based Iraqi and former MI5 source detained by America for more than four years, is suing the US private airline that transported him
Read More »Israel receives new British request over 2003 journalist killing
AFP Israel said on Sunday it has been asked by Britain to reopen the case of the 2003 killing of a British journalist in Gaza by suspected Israeli fire. A month and a half
Read More »The Dumbest Thing the Washington Post Could Print
By David Swanson The Washington Post today published an article by Michael Tomasky called “The Dumbest Move the Dems Could Make.” With a lot of publications, this article itself would have been the dumbest
Read More »Psychologists and CIA torture
By Stephen Soldz Last month Vanity Fair online published Katherine Eban’s account of the psychologist-designed torture of Abu Zubaydah, designed and conducted by CIA consultants Mitchell and Jessen, former Suvival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
Read More »Bush beats Nixon for disapproval
George W. Bush has sunk below Richard Nixon and could break Harry Truman’s record for persistent unpopularity among modern U.S. presidents. The latest Gallup Poll found that Bush’s popularity had been below 40 percent
Read More »Science lab suspected in foot and mouth outbreak
· Research plant is near infected farm · Ban on export of British livestock Jo Revill, Juliette Jowit and Anushka Asthana Sunday August 5, 2007 The Observer An accidental leak of an experimental vaccine
Read More »U.S. soldier sentenced to 110 years in prison for rape, murder
www.chinaview.cn A U.S. soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi girl and killing her family last year has been sentenced to 110 years in prison, the military said Saturday. Private First Class Jesse
Read More »House approves changes in terror spy program
Democrats under pressure from Bush vote for measure By Carl Hulse and Edmund L. Andrews Under pressure from President Bush, the House on Saturday gave final approval to changes in a terrorist surveillance program
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