Daily Archives: August 9, 2007 »
Bush says he’ll veto child health funding
J-W Wire Reports President Bush vowed Wednesday to veto bipartisan legislation that would sharply increase funding for a popular health insurance program for poor children. In a wide-ranging interview with economic reporters, Bush also
Read More »Firms bid for ID cards contracts
The bidding process for contracts worth up to £500m each to run the UK’s identity card scheme has been launched. Five firms will be chosen to supply computer equipment and manage the application and
Read More »NSA to spy on 38% of world telecom traffic
The US National Security Agency now has the legal right to monitor some 38% of the world’s telephone, data and internet traffic without requiring a judicial warrant.By Ian Grant George W Bush signed the
Read More »CCTV runs risk of data protection breach
Code of practice consultation sparks debate whether use of surveillance cameras could create breaches of privacy and data laws. By Miya Knights CameraWatch has warned UK businesses risk breaching Data Protection Act (DPA) regulations
Read More »Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?
Race and the transformation of criminal justice By Glenn C. Loury The early 1990s were the age of drive-by shootings, drug deals gone bad, crack cocaine, and gangsta rap. Between 1960 and 1990, the
Read More »Pearl Jam Censored For Anti-Bush Lyrics
By Conor McKay According to Pearl Jam’s website, portions of the band’s Sunday night set at Lollapalooza were missing from the AT&T Blue Room live webcast. Fans alerted the band to the missing material
Read More »Face scans planned for NZ airports
By COLIN ESPINER New Zealanders flying home from overseas will be required to have their face digitally scanned at airports under proposed legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants. Immigration Minister David Cunliffe
Read More »Ex-CIA officer Slams US Allegations against Iran as Sham
In an alarming exposure of the acceleration and urgency of the American war party’s push towards catastrophic war with Iran, Philip Giraldi, former CIA counter terrorism officer, in an interview [1] on 24th July
Read More »Open government records to the public, legislator says
By Kori Walter Giving the public greater access to government records would restore trust in state government, state Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-Fayette County, said Tuesday at a hearing on strengthening Pennsylvania’s open-records law. Mahoney
Read More »UK data watchdog issues Big Brother warning
By Andrew Thomas THE UK INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE (ICO) has warned that bureaucrats share citizens’ data with each other willy-nilly and citizens probably don’t even hava clue that it’s going on. The body has
Read More »ID Card Prints Flawed
DR THOUSANDS of people will be unable to use the new ID cards to prove who they are, an expert has warned. Speaking as the Government publish a report on using biometric data on
Read More »There’s is still time to fight data sharing
Geraint Bevan NO2ID The Information Commissioner is right to be concerned about the proliferation of data sharing. Unfortunately, the idea that the risks can be mitigated if only people are aware of their rights
Read More »Facebook – the CIA conspiracy
By Matt Greenop Facebook has 20 million users worldwide, is worth billions of dollars and, if internet sources are to be believed, was started by the CIA. The social networking phenomenon started as a
Read More »CIA Spy Comes Out Of The Shadows
Top Clandestine Official, Head Of The Agency’s National Clandestine Service, To Retire One of the CIA’s top spies has come out of the shadows. (AP) With little fanfare, Jose Rodriguez, who heads the National
Read More »Security firms working on devices to spot would-be terrorists in crowd
· Move to analyse behaviour and physiology from afar · British expert warns of Minority Report scenario By Ian Sample Counter-terrorism experts have drawn up plans to develop an array of advanced technologies capable
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