Daily Archives: April 22, 2009 »
Blackwater Lingers in Iraq
By Jason Ditz | Though three months ago the Iraqi government formally declared Blackwater Worldwide persona non grata in the nation, citing “excessive use of force” in the 2007 massacre of 17 Baghdad civilians,
Read More »Another victim of police brutality
Blair Peach was born in New Zealand in 1946. After earning his degree at Victoria University and periods of work as a fireman and hospital orderly, he arrived in London in 1969. From that
Read More »Torture orders ‘came from the top’
TOP US officials, not a “few bad apples” of low rank, were behind harsh military interrogation tactics that spread from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan to Iraq, a new Senate report says. The Senate Armed
Read More »EDF denies hiring Greenpeace hacker spies
By Ian Grant | A private security firm hired by the state-controlled French energy firm EDF allegedly planted Trojan malware that could read and record e-mails and keystrokes of French Greenpeace officers, according to
Read More »Police watchdog fails to block new demo video
By Jack Lefley | The police watchdog has failed in an attempt to stop the broadcast of new footage of the moments leading up to the death of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at the
Read More »IDF: No War Crimes Committed in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that an internal investigation has determined that no civilians were purposefully harmed by IDF troops during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. The inquiries were performed
Read More »Government issue warning to Town Hall CCTV
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has vowed to stop councils using CCTV to spy on staff, Yourmaidstone reports. A survey has revealed that town halls are regularly bugged and secret cameras are used to monitor
Read More »MPs to probe ISP snooping
By Chris Williams | MPs have today launched an investigation into the use of snooping technology by ISPs which allows them to profile customers for advertisers and throttle or block specific types of traffic.
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