Daily Archives: April 19, 2009 »
Government apologises for torture cover-up
THE government has apologised to two High Court judges after discovering that an MI5 officer misled them over the case of a British terrorist suspect allegedly tortured while in America’s extraordinary rendition programme. Lawyers
Read More »“War Crimes” Memos Questioned
By Bob Patterson | Before editorial writers across America get all discombobulated about the recently released memos that allegedly prove that the United States used extreme interrogation (should that be spelled “interror-gation”?) methods and
Read More »Obama presidency keeps some Bush secrets
WASHINGTON – Despite a pledge to open government, the Obama administration has endorsed a Bush-era decision to keep secret key details of an FBI computer database that allows agents and analysts to search a
Read More »Councils’ surveillance powers under review
By Sarah Bunney | A MOVE to review councils’ use of anti-terror laws to spy on the public has been welcomed by campaigners and politicians who fear we increasingly live in a Big Brother-style
Read More »The grim RIPA and the Surveillance state
Labour’s polling has at last picked up that many people hate their surveillance society. They tell us today they will look at their much hated Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act to try to stop
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