Daily Archives: August 7, 2009 »

Ex-Employees Label Blackwater Chief Super-Villian

Mick Meaney August 7, 2009 0

Blackwater — I mean, “Xe” — is back in the news, more than six months after the mercenary firm was kicked out of Iraq by the Iraqi government for using “excessive force.” Baghdad gave

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Scientology founder made up qualifications

Mick Meaney August 7, 2009 3

Jean Antonique London, UK – Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard made up his qualifications along with his religion, as shown by secret documents released to the Times. Hubbard bought a sham college and then

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Home Office shrugs off ID card hack demo

Mick Meaney August 7, 2009 2

A researcher who claims to have cloned a UK identity card has had his offers to demonstrate the security breach turned down by the Home Office. Adam Laurie said he had made repeated approaches

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Government allows staff to abuse privacy laws

Mick Meaney August 7, 2009 1

Councils are failing to prosecute staff caught using a sensitive government database to snoop on celebrities and members of the public, disclosures under the Freedom of Information Act have revealed.  Computer Weekly has established

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