Daily Archives: April 21, 2009 »
Owning a camera doesn’t make you a criminal
When George Bush pronounced the war on terrorism as the “war on tourism”, we thought it was because he was an idiot. Maybe not, because it seems that tourism and terrorism are the same
Read More »School bus tracked by satellite
Parents in North Wales will be able to use satellite tracking to check their children are on the school bus, as part of a new pilot project. The smart card scheme STAR is part
Read More »EC takes action against the UK over its handling of personal data protection
The European Commission (EC) last week launched an infringement proceeding against the UK over e-privacy and personal data protection. This came following BT’s launch of the trial behavioural advertising technology known as Phorm. Although
Read More »FBI Workers Accused Of Spying On Teen Girls
Two FBI workers are accused of using surveillance equipment to spy on teenage girls as they undressed and tried on prom gowns at a charity event at a West Virginia mall. The FBI employees
Read More »Prosecuting War Crimes
The following is an excerpt from a talk by Nick Mottern on April 19, 2009, delivered after receiving a Peace and Justice Award from the WESPAC Foundation in White Plains, New York. I asked
Read More »US-Trained Human Rights Abusers
President Barack Obama has reversed a few of the Bush administration’s most egregious policies violating human rights and international law, such as the announced closure of the detention center in Guantánamo. But it remains
Read More »Surveillance Society
Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, writes: Good Government is about achieving a sensible balance. We need to protect our society against those who would destroy it. But if we throw away the founding
Read More »Torture case lawyers may face jail for letter
A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who accused a Bay Area company of flying him to foreign torture chambers for the CIA is at the center of a bizarre new case, in which his lawyers
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