Daily Archives: November 8, 2008 »
Dissident “threat” at all time high, despite MI5 “huge effort.”
By Brian Walker | The police assessment is, in fact, that the dissident threat is at an all-time high.” This is the theme of a major report by David McKittrick in today’s Independent. It
Read More »House of Lords minor amendment to the Counter-Terrorism Bill – removing your innocent DNA from Government databases
Spy Blog | The House of Lords has voted to accept a minor Opposition Amendment regarding the removal of innocent people’s DNA profiles, human tissue samples and fingerprints from centralised Government database, during the first
Read More »Surveillance Overload
By Christian Harris | The world’s gone security crazy. Everywhere we go stronger measures are being implemented to combat impersonation, ID theft and fraud. Following news that a leading chain of kiddie’s nurseries in
Read More »US, Allies, Torture Kids in Iraqi Prisons
By Sherwood Ross Since it invaded Iraq in 2003, the U.S. has detained thousands of juveniles—some of whom were tortured and sexually abused, according to published reports. Figures of the number of children behind
Read More »Britain’s Digital Surveillance: Hiding from Her Majesty’s “Black Boxes”
By Christopher Parsons | http://www.christopher-parsons.com There are plans to deploy ‘black boxes’ in UK ISPs’ networking hubs so that the government can capture and record every website that UK citizens visit. A similar operation
Read More »Undercover cops were among the unruly at DNC
By Felisa Cardona |The Denver Post When a Jefferson County deputy deployed pepper spray into a crowd during the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not know that his targets were
Read More »American History X
Commondreams | I teach American history to students in eastern Tennessee. In the narrative that makes up our nine-month journey, we encounter the broken and bleeding body of the American black dozens of times: crossing
Read More »Lendman: The Wages of Sin
By Stephen Lendman – RINF | “Reaping the whirlwind” for money manager and market strategist Jeremy Grantham in his latest no-nonsense commentary. Worlds different from most in the mainstream. Cheerleaders in upturns. Downplaying risks.
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