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The New Thought Police
The NSA Wants to Know How You Think - Maybe Even What You Think By James Bamford The National Security Agency (NSA) is developing a tool that George Orwell’s Thought Police might have found useful:
Read More »THE STORY THE MEDIA WON’T TOUCH
By Sam Smith Based on media coverage at least, name the largest industry in America that never contributes to political campaigns, never tries to influence politicians, never is involved in political corruption and has
Read More »Government fails its data security training target
By Siobhan Chapman Government departments are failing to meet IT security training requirements, according to responses to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI) request. Despite high-profile government data breaches, most departments have yet to
Read More »National ID card database ‘will never be 100% secure’ put citizens at risk’
By Martin Bentham British citizens will be “seriously harmed” by breaches of the Government’s identity card scheme and other national databases, a report by technology experts warned today. The report, whose authors were commissioned
Read More »Obama set to launch military “surge” in Afghanistan
By Barry Grey President Barack Obama is set to formally authorize the dispatch of 10,000 to 12,000 additional US combat troops to Afghanistan, the beginning stage of a military “surge” that will likely add
Read More »Evidence of Torture ‘Buried by Ministers’
Judges condemn secrecy over files detailing treatment of suspect by CIA Richard Norton-Taylor | The Guardian Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve, the legal charity and human rights group which acted for Mohamed, said
Read More »Sri Lankan cluster bombs ‘hit hospital’
THE United Nations reported on Wednesday that cluster bombs had hit the last functioning hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone. After days of shelling had sent patients fleeing the Puthukkudiyiruppu hospital, the Red
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