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The western war of terror against its own citizens
W.J.C. Rhys-Burgess In an address to the UN Human Rights Council on 13 December 2007, the International Commission of Jurists expressed particular concern as to the human rights implications of the recent proliferation of
Read More »President Bush Torturer-in-Chief
US constitutional expert Jonathan Turley says only the United States president could have ordered the torture of al-Qaeda suspects. Following a report that the Justice Department had opened an investigation into the destruction of
Read More »List of Bush Administration Scandals
List of Scandalized Administration Officials By Paul Kiel Boy, was it time for an update. Late last year we decided to take stock of all the Bush Administration officials who’d been accused of corruption
Read More »Speed Cameras Spy INSIDE Cars
New super-cameras mean no hiding for drivers who smoke, eat or use a phone By RAY MASSEY Digital speed cameras which capture drivers smoking or eating at the wheel are being introduced nationwide in
Read More »Report on Faulty Voting Machines for 2008 Election
By Greg Mitchell NEW YORK Coming between the Iowa and New Hampshire tallies, this Sunday’s cover of The New York Times Magazine ought to strike a chord. It shows a man inside an exploding
Read More »Privacy watchdog calls for RFID regulations
Ian GrantConsumers who buy RFID-enabled goods should have an automatic veto against their personal details being collected and associated with the device, says the European Data Protection Supervisor. Responding to the European Commission’s communication
Read More »Are new technologies sacrificing privacy?
Are companies being fair with what they do with the data they collect. If they aren’t, then we need some rules in place. Patrick Thibodeau Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information
Read More »VIDEO: Mohamed Atta and the Venice Flying Circus
What the US government doesn’t want you to know about the “terror pilots” and their friends From Mad Cows News Who were the 9/11 pilots? The FBI doesn’t seem to want to know. And
Read More »Low-energy bulb disposal warning
The Environment Agency has called for more information to be made available on the health and environmental risks posed by low-energy light bulbs. It says because the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, more
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