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40,000 innocent children on police DNA files
Yorkshire Post | The national DNA database contains the profiles of almost 40,000 innocent children, the Home Office has admitted. Junior Minister Meg Hillier said the profiles of an estimated 39,095 10 to 17-year-olds
Read More »Older generation could scupper £4.4bn National Identity Scheme
By Ian Grant | The cost of the government’s controversial £4.4bn national identity card scheme, could rise significantly because of the difficulties reading fingerprints of older people, a government watchdog says.Chief Scientist John Beddington,
Read More »U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules
By Spencer S. Hsu and Carrie Johnson | The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the
Read More »The CIA is training landscapers, poolmen, and interior designers
By Tim Swanson | The US military recently accused Iran of training “death squads” whose primary goal is carrying out assassinations. The information is being made public to supposedly “pressure” Iranian leadership into halting
Read More »VIDEO: The “Magic” of Disappearing Votes
In segment 3, Stephen Spoonamore explains how election fraud can happen even if the voting machines are registering votes correctly. One way is through the haphazard custody of memory cards after voting. But it
Read More »CIVILIANS PAY THE PRICE FOR IMPERIAL RIVALRIES IN GEORGIA
SchNews | Despite the Olympics, you had probably noticed there’s another war on, this time in the mountainous region of the Caucuses, in a previously little mentioned place called South Ossetia. Whether or not
Read More »Britain: Policing of climate camp a major attack on democratic rights
By Paul Bond | A week-long climate protest camp in north Kent has ended, amidst widespread claims of disproportionate and aggressive policing. Around 100 people were arrested over the course of the protest, 46
Read More »DENVER PLANS ITS OWN GITMO FOR PROTESTERS
DENVER (CBS4) ― CBS4 News has learned if mass arrests happen at the Democratic Convention, those taken into custody will be jailed in a warehouse owned by the City of Denver. Investigator Rick Sallinger
Read More »Russia signs Georgia ceasefire deal
guardian.co.uk | The Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has signed a ceasefire pact to end hostilities in Georgia. The deal calls for Russian troops to pull back from Georgia but also grants them limited patrols
Read More »Funding the White House campaign
The road to the seat of power in the White House is not easy, and certainly not cheap. This year’s US presidential race is on track to be the most expensive in history. Al
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