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Washington ordered destruction of Guantánamo interrogation records
By Bill Van Auken | In another confirmation of the criminal character of Washington’s handling of so-called “enemy combatants,” a “Standard Operating Procedure” manual has come to light that explicitly instructs US interrogators at
Read More »World’s top scientists say G8 must lead way on carbon capture
G8 governments must lead the way in developing technology to catch carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations as part of immediate action on climate change, scientists urged today. The national science academies in the
Read More »Spain grinding to a halt as fuel protest takes effect
By Ciaran Giles | MADRID – Gas stations in the capital and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel yesterday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite. The protest over
Read More »Rights body threatens to bring legal challenge on 42-day detention
By Alan Travis and Patrick Wintour | The government’s human rights watchdog last night served notice that it will immediately launch a legal challenge to the government’s plan to extend the pre-charge detention limit
Read More »Big Brother Britain
Employers could find themselves in hot water if they decide to follow a new government plan to record and store all of Britain’s emails, phone calls and text messages say lawyers at Glovers Solicitors.
Read More »Gov’t told to stop collecting citizens’ data
By Leo King | The Home Affairs Committee has called for a reduction in the unnecessary collection of data on UK citizens. The move comes just weeks after the government shortlisted five IT suppliers
Read More »Gait Recognition Software Proposed For Surveillance At A Distance
Red Orbit | Biometrics is commonly associated retinal scans, iris recognition and DNA databases, but researchers in India are working on another form of biometrics that could allow law enforcement agencies and airport security
Read More »MI5 chief speaks out over 42-day row
By Peter Walker and agencies | The head of MI5 has released a rare public statement to stress that his organisation is not arguing against the planned new 42-day detention limit for terrorism suspects.
Read More »Iraqi lawmakers say U.S. demanding 58 military bases
By Leila Fadel | Iraqi lawmakers say the United States is demanding 58 bases as part of a proposed “status of forces” agreement that will allow U.S. troops to remain in the country indefinitely.
Read More »Democrats introduce bill to outlaw Pentagon propaganda
By Muriel Kane | Last April, the New York Times revealed that retired officers serving as military analysts on television news shows had regularly been briefed by the Pentagon and supplied with pro-war and
Read More »Presidential Directive Demands Widespread Sharing of Biometrics
By Matthew Rothschild | Big Brother wants your irises. George Bush just issued a directive to expand the acquisition of biometric information, and to ensure that agencies across the executive branch share it. And
Read More »Airport Scanners Do Virtual Strip Search
By Thomas Frank | Body-scanning machines that show images of people underneath their clothing are being installed in 10 of the nation’s busiest airports in one of the biggest public uses of security devices
Read More »Blackwater’s Private Spies
By Jeremy Scahill | This past September, the secretive mercenary company Blackwater USA found its name splashed across front pages throughout the world after the company’s shooters gunned down seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s
Read More »Fisk: The West’s weapon of self-delusion
By Robert Fisk | So they are it again, the great and the good of American democracy, grovelling and fawning to the Israeli lobbyists of American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), repeatedly allying themselves
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