• Taser Torture as Summary Punishment for “Non-Compliance”

  The official rationale for issuing Tasers to police officers is that the electro-shock devices represent a “non-lethal”...

   

• Cheney personally oversaw briefings on torture

  Former Vice President Dick Cheney “personally” oversaw at least four briefings with members of Congress about the Bush...

   

• Anti-abortion activist charged in killing of doctor

  An anti-abortion activist was charged yesterday with first-degree murder in the death of late-term abortion provider Dr....

   

• Study Finds Google is Top Tracker of Web Users

  When asked about online privacy, most people say they want more information about how they are being tracked and more control...

   

• Jacqui Smith departure causes speculation over ID cards

  Westminster speculation has raised a new question mark over the future of the government’s flagship identity card...

   

• British Government ‘collapsing’

  Gordon Brown’s Government is ‘collapsing’ as Hazel Blears became the latest Cabinet minister to quit her...