Daily Archives: April 2, 2009 »
Prosecuting American War Crimes
Did Americans commit war crimes by torturing detainees at Guantanamo Bay or at secret prisons scattered around Europe? Barack Obama doesn’t want to know. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was one of many who
Read More »Why Legalizing Cannabis Makes Sense
By Joe Klein | For the past several years, I’ve been harboring a fantasy, a last political crusade for the baby-boom generation. We, who started on the path of righteousness, marching for civil rights
Read More »Council uses anti-terror powers to spy on residents
By Thais Portilho-Shrimpton | Anti-terror powers are being invoked by Epsom council to spy on its residents over minor breaches of the law, it has emerged. Epsom and Ewell Council has ordered surveillance designed
Read More »Government denies that British live in “a surveillance society”.
Justice Minister Lord Bach insisted the Government took its obligations under data protection and human rights legislation “very seriously”. He told a Lords debate on personal data retention: “The use of personal data is
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