• US spy aircraft patrolling northern border

  U.S. border officials are testing an unmanned surveillance aircraft to judge whether the drones can be used more widely along...

   

• Blackwash outrage as MPs ‘publish’ their expenses

  THE House of Commons last night stood accused of spending more than £2 million on a bungled cover-up, after publishing details...

   

• Why Obama’s CIO Wants to Put All Gov’t Info Online

  The Obama administration’s most radical idea may also be its geekiest: Make nearly every hidden government spreadsheet...

   

• Slavery apology has disclaimer

  The Senate passed a resolution Thursday calling on the U.S. to apologize officially for the enslavement and segregation of...

   

• Is the writing on the wall for the Government’s ID card scheme?

    Why are we asking this now? The Government had been due to award a key contract as part of its grand biometric ID card...

   

• All in a day’s work for the Israeli army: beating and torturing children

  Jonathan Cook reports on how Israeli soldiers routinely, and as a matter of policy, practise torture against Palestinian...

   

• Letter reveals Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations

  Tony Blair was aware of the ­existence of a secret interrogation policy which ­effectively led to British citizens, and...