Daily Archives: October 11, 2007 »

Open letter to Popular Mechanics – Prove your ludicrous 9/11 theories in public

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 2

Open letter to Popular Mechanics – Prove your ludicrous 9/11 theories in public By J A Blacker, Science Correspondent RINF Alternative News Editor James Meigs POPULAR MECHANICS 300 West 57 Street New York, NY

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New Evidence that the Official Story about 9/11 is Indefensible

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 1

David Ray Griffin Early in 2007, Interlink Books published my Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory. The stimulus for my writing this book was

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Reviewing James Petras’ “Rulers and Ruled in the US Empire”

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 1

By Stephen Lendman RINF Alternative News James Petras is Binghamton University, New York Professor Emeritus of Sociology whose credentials and achievements are long and impressive. He’s a noted academic figure on the left, a

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The human cost of secrecy

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 0

Even if the Supreme Court turned away a torture victim’s case, El-Masri deserves an apology and compensation With no explanation, the Supreme Court has denied a day in court to a German citizen of

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Biometrics trial at Gatwick

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Checking of visas from Sierra Leone will continue until April By Computing A government trial of fingerprint systems is underway at London’s Gatwick airport as part of plans to use biometric technology to address

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Cost of ID cards blasted by MPs

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 0

ID cards costly? People face paying twice for ID cards and electronic passports – and MPs want to know why. The public should pay just one charge for both, a report by the Public

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Britain Is Now A Surveillance Society

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 1

Colcam.Image I recently suggested in this post that the fingerprinting of young children in schools was an easy and convenient way of fostering meek acceptance of identity cards, government databases and loss of civil liberty,

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Lib Dems demand end to ‘surveillance society’

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 0

The “surveillance society” must be rolled back, Liberal Democrats said today. The party called for the immediate abandonment of the government’s ID card scheme, better regulation of CCTV and for DNA samples taken from

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Parliamentary watchdog not convinced about separate e-passports and ID cards

Mick Meaney October 11, 2007 0

Antony Savvas The parliamentary public accounts committee (Pac) has praised the way e-passports have been rolled out, but says the government has some work to do to convince the public about the need for

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