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CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s refusal to share with other agencies even the most basic data on the bombing attacks by remote-controlled unmanned predator drones in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, combined with recent revelations
Read More »Gitmo suicide had been prisoners’ representative
Almost five months before he was found dead at Guantanamo Bay, a detainee volunteered to represent prisoners in talks with the military and left his jailhouse for a meeting with the detention camp’s most
Read More »Afghan Violence Hit ‘All Time High’ Last Week
By Jason Ditz | General David Petraeus today announced that violence in Afghanistan had hit its highest level since the 2001 US invasion last week, adding “there is no question the situation has deteriorated
Read More »New US commander in Afghanistan assembles team of assassins
By Bill Van Auken | Confirmed Wednesday as President Barack Obama’s new commander for the widening war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, General Stanley McChrystal has been given extraordinary powers to assemble his own staff.
Read More »Human Rights Expert Condemns Child ‘Slavery’ In Haiti
Thousands of Haitian unpaid child labourers are trapped in a “modern form of slavery,” an independent United Nations human rights expert said today. According to a press release by the Office for the High
Read More »Spying Teachers – MI5 Wants Recruits
Now pay attention school teachers: your country needs you. The British Security Service MI5 is seeking to recruit teachers to serve as intelligence officers in the fight against terrorism, espionage and the proliferation of
Read More »Abuse at British embassy investigation “fundamentally flawed”
An investigation into abuse by private staff at the British embassy in Baghdad was “fundamentally flawed”, according to Human Rights Watch. The London director of the group, Tom Porteous, told the House of Commons
Read More »CIA Director’s claims reinforce torture reality
It’s no secret that during the Bush administration, the Central Intelligence Agency “rendered” suspected terrorists to overseas facilities where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Some sessions were recorded on videotape. Using the
Read More »New Phone Directory Invades Privacy
Pay a pound for faceless corporation to have your phone number Technology but used for evil? In a potential step towards a bleak Big Brother future, this week sees the launch of the UK’s first
Read More »A New Spy in the Sky
At first glance, there was nothing special about the blimp floating high above the cars and crowd at this year’s Indy 500 on Memorial Day weekend. Like most airships, it acted as an advertising
Read More ȣ400m biometric-passport contract awarded
The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist De La Rue. The Identity and Passport Service on Thursday announced the £400m contract for the passports, which
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