Daily Archives: January 29, 2008 »
Bush orders NSA to snoop on US agencies
Cyber attack fear used to expand spy grid By Ashlee Vance in Mountain View Not content with spying on other countries, the NSA (National Security Agency) will now turn on the US’s own government
Read More »Website ‘spy’ will increase council tax
By Sarah O’Grady LABOUR claims that it has postponed council tax revaluation in England are today exposed as a sham. Gordon Brown has continued to authorise a “database state” to increase council tax bills,
Read More »US propped up Suharto despite rights abuses
AFP The United States declassified documents Monday detailing how Washington propped up ex-Indonesian leader Suharto, who died at the weekend, at the expense of democracy and human rights. The documents, declassified following requests under
Read More »IPS leak suggests ID card fingerprint chop
Prints might just be needed for ‘special’ groups By John Lettice A key component of the UK ID card scheme, the central database of fingerprints, may be abandoned, according to a leaked Home Office
Read More »BAE and Accenture pull out of ID cards bid
Withdrawal of two systems integrators adds to problems for increasingly controversial national identity scheme. Miya Knights Two leading systems integrators (SIs) have withdrawn from the shortlist of bidders looking to run the National Identity
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