Daily Archives: November 18, 2008 »
Obama advisers: Bush era war criminals will walk
By Stephen C. Webster | Even as President-elect Obama vowed “to regain America’s moral stature in the world” during Sunday’s 60 Minutes appearance, two of his senior advisers confessed there is no intent to
Read More »Information Commissioner publishes freedom of information guidance for personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new common sense guidance for freedom of information practitioners on how to deal with requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations
Read More »Guantanamo: How many children were held?
The ACLU raises the issue of government lying about the number of children detained at Guantanamo.This follows a release last week on incontrovertible evidence that the Pentagon was distorting the number of children held.
Read More »Cops guilty of torturing Muslim youths go scot-free
By Vicky Nanjappa | Human Rights Watch has slammed the Andhra Pradesh government for the detention and torture of over 100 youths from the Muslim community, who were arrested after a spate of terror
Read More »Public rejects high-street enrolment for ID cards
Less than 30 percent of the UK public wants to enrol for ID cards at private-sector retailers, despite the home secretary’s promotion of such locations. Only 25 percent of more than 2,000 people questioned
Read More »Pilots threaten to strike over ID cards
By Ben Russell | The first wave of ID cards to be issued to British citizens has prompted airline pilots to threaten a strike rather than accept the documents. Aviation workers have warned
Read More »IRAQ INVASION LEGAL ADVICE ‘FLAWED’
Legal advice given to Tony Blair prior to the invasion of Iraq was fundamentally “flawed”, a former senior law lord has said. Lord Bingham, who stepped down in July, described the action by the
Read More »Make Money Online
By Mick Meaney | Over the years that I’ve been online, I’ve picked up a few tricks here and there to help the site cover its own costs and make some money. Here I’ll
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