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Bush threatens to veto surveillance bill
Bush threatens to veto surveillance bill lacking telecom protections By LARA JAKES JORDAN WASHINGTON — President Bush threatened a veto Tuesday in the debate to update terrorist surveillance laws, assailing Democratic plans to deny
Read More »Judge indicates he won’t allow ‘torture flights’ suit
By HOWARD MINTZ SAN JOSE — Faced with the Bush administration’s argument that a lawsuit over alleged CIA torture flights could expose state secrets, a federal judge Tuesday appeared reluctant to allow the case
Read More »Willie Nelson: Twin Towers Were Imploded on 9/11
Willie Nelson appeared Monday, February 4, 2008, on the nationally-syndicated Alex Jones Show in a ground breaking interview where the country music legend said the twin towers were imploded on 9/11. “I saw those
Read More »CIA admits using waterboarding for first time
Human Rights Watch says CIA director’s remarks were ‘explicit admission of criminal activity’.By Jim Mannion CIA director Michael Hayden for the first time admitted publicly Tuesday that the agency had used “waterboarding,” or simulated
Read More »Satellite Spotters Glimpse Secrets
When the government announced last month that a top-secret spy satellite would, in the next few months, come falling out of the sky, American officials said there was little risk to people because satellites
Read More »US government misrepresent Human Rights Watch
US: Don’t Misrepresent Human Rights Watch to Justify Guantanamo Trials Contrary to US Claims, Human Rights Watch Opposes Khadr Prosecution The US government fundamentally misrepresented Human Rights Watch’s position to justify its prosecution of
Read More »Data losses put UK at foot of privacy league
J. Mark Lytle If you’re already concerned by the gradual erosion of our personal privacy in the 21st century, then the latest report from a pair of privacy watchdogs might make uncomfortable reading. Privacy
Read More »Growing opposition to ID cards
Poll shows growing opposition to ID cards over data fears · 25% now strongly against their use, says ICM survey · Majority concerned about sharing of personal details Alan Travis, home affairs editor Wednesday
Read More »Britain is becoming a police state
The pretence of oversight has been ripped aside by the Khan bugging affair: the security apparat has become a law unto itself Simon Jenkins Wednesday February 6, 2008 The Guardian The machine is out
Read More »VIDEO: Bhutto said Omar Sheikh murdered bin Laden
AlJazeera Sir David speaks to former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto about her controversial return to Pakistan, who she thinks is behind the deadly bombing of her convoy in Karachi last month, and whether
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