UK ‘terrorism suspects’ win appeal:
Britain’s highest court has ruled against the government over the use of secret evidence to justify imposing home curfews on people accused of “terrorism”.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/06/2009610125241793207.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/06/2009610125241793207.html
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‘My life under a control order’:
The Law Lords have ruled against the use of secret evidence in the case of three terrorism suspects being held on control orders. One man spoke to the BBC about life under such an order.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8092761.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8092761.stm
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Pentagon won’t name 60 percent of detainees it says returned to “terrorism”:
According to an analysis by a New Jersey law professor, the Pentagon’s recent survey alleging that one in seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners return to terrorism is deeply flawed.
http://snipurl.com/jut5o
http://snipurl.com/jut5o
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Saudi ‘Killer Chip’ Implant Would Track, Eliminate Undesirables:
The basic model would consist of a tiny GPS transceiver placed in a capsule and inserted under a person’s skin, so that authorities could track him easily. Model B would have an extra function – a dose of cyanide to remotely kill the wearer without muss or fuss if authorities deemed he’d become a public threat.
http://snipurl.com/jut6y
http://snipurl.com/jut6y
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Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More:
“This is about being a true-blooded American guy and girl’ s – “It fits right in with the honor and bravery of the Boy Scouts.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/us/14explorers.html?_r=1
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Town halls hire citizen snoopers as young as SEVEN to spy on neighbours :
The ‘environment volunteers’ will report on litter louts, noisy neighbours – and even families putting their rubbish out on the wrong day.
http://snipurl.com/jut8d
http://snipurl.com/jut8d
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Unedited Dash Cam Footage of Grandmother Being Tased: Video:
Dash cam video has been released to FOX 7 showing exactly what happened between a Constable’s deputy and a 72-yaer-old woman, before she was tasered last month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBtxNxCRjOI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBtxNxCRjOI
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The next great crisis: America’s debt:
At this rate, your share of the load will be $155,000 in a decade. How chronic deficits are putting the country on a path to fiscal collapse.
http://snipurl.com/jutak
http://snipurl.com/jutak
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Unemployment at 10% to Depress Consumer Spending, Survey Shows:
Surging unemployment in the U.S. will delay a recovery in consumer spending and mute the rebound when it does materialize, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aSqyoDA4ePbg
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aSqyoDA4ePbg
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Median home prices drop below 1989 levels :
Properties in several areas are selling for less than they did 20 years ago, and that’s not including inflation. Some first-time buyers are nabbing houses for less than what their parents paid.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cheaphomes10-2009jun10,0,7772530,full.story
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cheaphomes10-2009jun10,0,7772530,full.story
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