Monthly Archives: November 2008 »
Boffins raise concerns over ID cards
University experts fear the “disturbing” Government scheme to bring in ID cards for foreign nationals will increase racial discrimination. From today, foreign nationals applying to enter or remain in the UK must apply for
Read More »NO2ID: The true cost to the UK
By PHIL BOOTH and GUY HERBERT | From this month the Government begins issuing what it calls, with an obvious nasty spin, “ID cards for foreigners”. You may not be aware what this means
Read More »FDA Scientists Revolt Against Corrupt Food and Drug Administration Officials
By Mike Adams | A group of scientists working in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health division has revolted against the corrupt managers of its own department, accusing them of committing crimes
Read More »A Cover for Illegal Domestic Operations?
By Tom Burghardt | On November 17, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) concluded Vigilant Shield 09 (VS09), described in a press release as a training exercise focused
Read More »Court Backs Warrantless Searches Abroad
By BENJAMIN WEISER | The authorities may lawfully conduct searches and electronic surveillance against United States citizens in foreign countries without a warrant, a federal appeals court panel said on Monday, bolstering the government’s power
Read More »US bails out Citigroup and prepares to give trillions more to banks
By Barry Grey | The government bailout of Citigroup marks a new stage in the utilization of the public treasury to rescue Wall Street banks and finance houses. The deal reached shortly before midnight
Read More »First ID cards issued
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will issue the first ID cards to foreign nationals on Tuesday, the start of the roll-out of the controversial multi-billion pound scheme. Students and those who enter the country
Read More »Greenpeace activists scale Bank of England
By Hannah Wooderson | Activists from environmental group Greenpeace scaled the Bank of England building in the City of London today, calling on the Government to invest in “green” industries as part of the
Read More »Block Bush’s Pardons
The Nation — Our friends at Democrats.com have launched a campaign in support of Rep. Jerry Nadler’s H.Res. 1531. The New York City Congressman and Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil
Read More »Stealing ID more profitable than selling drugs: Privacy commissioner
By Gillian Shaw | VANCOUVER – The international drug trade is now less lucrative than identify theft, yet cybercrime is much lower on the law-enforcement agenda and Canada lags well behind in dealing with
Read More »Social services ‘set up CCTV camera in couple’s bedroom’
Social workers set up a CCTV camera in the bedroom of a couple with learning difficulties in order to monitor their behaviour, a new report claims. By Martin Beckford | Council staff are said
Read More »NO2ID: ID cards will lead to us all being fingerprinted
PEOPLE may be aware that from this month the Government begins issuing what it calls with an obvious nasty spin “ID cards for foreigners.” They may not be aware what this means in practice.
Read More »Obama Preserves Our Way of Life
By Mickey Z | Awakened by the muffled, distant howls of slaughtered Indians, Uncle Sam rises from his bed and hits the light switch…blissfully, purposefully unaware of how valley fills enable him to gain
Read More »Bush pleased with Iraq war outcome
US President George W Bush believes the Iraq war has been successful and is “very pleased” with what is happening there, he said in a pre-recorded interview broadcast on a Japanese television network on
Read More »Police to get 10,000 Taser guns
By David Leppard | Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, is to arm police with 10,000 Taser stun guns in an escalation of the government’s fight against violent crime. Smith will unveil plans tomorrow that
Read More »Number of juveniles held at Guantanamo almost twice official Pentagon figure
By Andy Worthington | Canadian national Omar Khadr is still being held at Guantanamo Bay. Accused of murder, Khadr was captured in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was 15. On Sunday, the Pentagon admitted
Read More »AP lifts ban on military photos
The Associated Press on Friday lifted its suspension on the use of photos provided by the U.S. military after the Pentagon assured the news cooperative that it would avoid distributing altered images to the
Read More »The GOP Judge Who Bolted on Gitmo
By Robert Parry | consortiumnews.com To understand how thin the evidence must have been against five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for nearly seven years – and who were just ordered released by a
Read More »Debate on War Crimes and Torture: Should High Government Officials Be Investigated and Prosecuted
Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights and Author, “The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: A Prosecution by Book” Stuart Taylor, Columnist, National Journal and Contributing Editor, Newsweek MODERATOR: David Vladeck, Professor, Georgetown University Law
Read More »Obama’s Cellphone Account Breached by Verizon Employees
By AMOL SHARMA, Wall Street Journal | Verizon Wireless disclosed late Thursday that several of its employees accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama’s personal cellphone account, and said it planned to discipline workers for
Read More »Judge removes Guerra as prosecutor for 5 of 9 criminal cases involving Vice President Cheney
Texas Rangers to escort Guerra to court Friday morning after having been found in Mexico By ROBERT WILCOX | After being AWOL from the job and violating sections of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of
Read More »Contractors in Iraq could face charges in earlier incidents
By Nancy A. Youssef | WASHINGTON — Private security contractors operating in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution for acts committed when they supposedly had immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. officials said Thursday. A new
Read More »Iraqi protesters burn George Bush effigy
The crowd of tens of thousands, gathered in Baghdad where a Saddam Hussein statue once stood, protests a security pact that would keep American troops in Iraq through 2011. By Tina Susman and Caesar
Read More »The Third Clinton Administration
By RALPH NADER | While the liberal intelligentsia was swooning over Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, I counseled “prepare to be disappointed.” His record as a Illinois state and U.S. Senator, together with the
Read More »Antisemitism: A Web of Denial
Via lancasteruaf.blogspot.com | Let me start by thanking the ADL and Chris Wolf for making this into a great conference. I’m pleased to be here in the United States, in fact I’m always happy
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