Daily Archives: February 7, 2008 »
White House Defends ‘Waterboarding’ Torture
The White House is defending the use of the interrogation technique known as waterboarding in certain, rare circumstances when suspects are believed to have knowledge of an imminent threat. VOA’s Paula Wolfson reports the
Read More »FBI to build $1Bn biometrics database
The FBI is expected to announce this week the awarding of a $1 billion, 10-year contract to develop the largest and most comprehensive government biometrics database in history — with information on the palm
Read More »CIA Monitors YouTube For Intelligence
By Thomas Claburn In keeping with its mandate to gather intelligence, the CIA is watching YouTube. U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), are looking increasingly online for intelligence; they have
Read More »One in four against ID cards
By Nick Heath Support for the UK’s national ID card programme continues to plummet as one quarter of people say they are strongly opposed to the scheme. According to the ICM poll, 25 per
Read More »ID cards ‘in intensive care’
National identity cards will be given to British citizens two years later than planned, it has emerged. Leaked Home Office documents given to the Conservatives show the planned rollout of ID cards to British
Read More »Hackers Steal Data From Former CU
By David Morrison FORT WORTH, Texas – OmniAmerican Bank, an institution that started life as OmniAmerican Credit Union before converting to a bank charter in 2005, has suffered a date security breach that allowed
Read More »New court can silence captives who tell secrets
A new court at Guantánamo would allow the U.S. military to keep its secrets by cutting off terror suspects’ testimony from the ears of observers at the flick of a switch. BY CAROL ROSENBERG
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