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Sir Ian Blair to resign as Metropolitan Police chief
By Sean O’Neill | Sir Ian Blair is expected to announce his resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner this afternoon. Sources told The Times that the pressures of recent months had forced Sir Ian, who
Read More »Report: Police Erred In Activist Surveillance
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A report has concluded the Maryland State Police intruded on the ability of law-abiding residents to express themselves freely by conducting surveillance of anti-war and death-penalty opposition groups. The review of
Read More »Investigating ‘Africa’s Guantanamo’
Salim Awadh is talking to me from inside a cell somewhere in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. By Robert Walker | There are seven other prisoners kept in the same small, dark room, he
Read More »Blackwater Machine Gun Found in Raid on Iraqi Insurgents
Incident Was Kept Secret and Raises More Questions About the Firm’s Iraq Operations By Brian Ross | ABCNews.com An M4 machine gun sent to Iraq by the Blackwater private security firm somehow disappeared from
Read More »Domestic Satellite Surveillance Program Moves Ahead Despite Lack of privacy Safeguards
By Phil Leggiereon | Department of Homeland Security’s National Applications Office domestic satellite imagery surveillance program moves ahead despite documented lack of privacy safeguards and continued congressional concerns. The Wall Street Journal reports The
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