Tag dementia sufferers, says minister

Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:11 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

Elderly people suffering from dementia could be electronically tagged.

technology, dementia, electronic-tagging, big-brother

Coroner blasts US for lack of help

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:53 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The US military has come under fire again from a coroner hearing inquests into the deaths of servicemen in Iraq.

us-military, iraq-war, helicopter-crash

DNA database 'will span most of the UK population'

Seeded on Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:30 PM EDT (The Register (UK))

The Government's DNA retention policy combined with increasingly sophisticated statistical techniques means that eventually most citizens in the UK will be linked to data stored on the police's DNA database, according to a privacy law expert.

technology, dna-database, privacy

Boy Scouts to model for UK ID checks

Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2007 1:21 AM EDT (The Register (UK))

The Scouts are prepared to help the Identity and Passport Service design a model procedure for checking people's identities against the ID database.

technology, boy-scouts, id-cards, crb-check

21st century Dane Law

Seeded on Sat Mar 31, 2007 11:40 AM EDT (schnews.org.uk)

Following two days of rioting in Copenhagen, 800 people have now been nicked. Since the Ungdomshuset social centre eviction (and demolition) earlier this month (see SchNEWS 579), 5,000 have been involved in demonstrations.

copenhagen-protest, tear-gas, ferret-40

Ten Lashes Against Humanism

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:06 AM EDT (countercurrents.org)

A minor tradition in conservative thought is the definition of the dialectical adversary as mentally deficient and lacking in morality.

politics, left-vs-right, dialectic, humanism

Broken Promises And Barefaced Lies

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:58 AM EDT (countercurrents.org)

As Election Spectacle 2008 takes center stage over the next year, let's not buy the Democratic bull that they are going to do anything substantial to end the war in Iraq, even if Barack, Hillary, and rest of the gang promise as much.

us-news, nancy-pelosi, democrats, iraq-war

America's Forgotten City

Seeded on Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:52 AM EDT (countercurrents.org)

Although initially natural disaster, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed the inhumanity of federal and state government and corporate powers.

new-orleans, hurricane-katrina, fema

Hi-tech 'threat' to private life

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:24 PM EDT (BBC News)

Bombs triggered by the presence of people with specific biometric traits may soon be feasible, warns a report. Written by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the report looks at how technology is eroding personal privacy.

technology, biometric-data, privacy, passports

Blunkett is given job at identity card firm

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:36 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

US company is in the running to run controversial scheme in Britain David Blunkett has taken a job advising a company interested in bidding to run Britain's controversial identity cards programme, a policy he was the architect of and championed in government.

politics, id-cards, david-blunkett, entrust

LibDem county councillor tables an anti-ID motion

Seeded on Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:06 AM EDT (bedsonsunday.com)

A protest against the Government's identity card (ID) scheme is up before a committee of Bedfordshire County Council this week. It calls for the council to reject the scheme, lodge an official complaint with the Government and have no part in the scheme's introduction.

politics, bedfordshire-county-council, id-cards, libdem-councillors, liberal-democrats

The Bush administration manoeuvres to unseat Iraqi government

Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:55 AM EDT (globalresearch.ca)

Despite denials from Washington, there are growing signs that the Bush administration has issued threats to its puppet government in Baghdad to meet US-dictated "benchmarks" or face the consequences.

world-news, iran, iraq-government, iraq-oil, american-interventions

Words from the past we should have listened to

Seeded on Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:47 PM EDT (-)

In June 2002 former Tory Minister Peter Lilley, Secretary for Social Security, 1992-97, wrote an article for the Observer. He gave his reasons for why, as a minister, he had rejected the idea of ID cards when in office.

politics, id-cards

Your ID card details will be sold to banks

Seeded on Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:52 AM EDT (the Mail online)

Banks and other businesses are to be sold access to personal information stored on the Government's ID cards database. Ministers want to raise hundreds of millions towards the £540million a year cost of running the controversial scheme.

technology, id-cards, privacy

NHS planning major telehealth rollout

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:00 PM EDT (news.zdnet.co.uk)

The NHS is planning to institute so-called telehealth systems in homes around the country.

technology, telehealth-systems, nhs

Data explosion will cause compliance headache

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:06 AM EDT (news.zdnet.co.uk)

Researchers are predicting a sixfold increase in the amount of digital information created over the next four years, which could have serious implications for IT departments.

technology, digital-information, data-protection

More about "Big Brother" Gaining Ground in Great Britain

Seeded on Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:11 AM EDT (aftermathnews.wordpress.com)

"It seems that "Big Brother" is gaining ground in Great Britain.

politics, id-cards, big-brother, george-orwell, passports

Don't like ID cards? Hand over your passport

Seeded on Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:12 PM EST (the Mail online)

Anybody who objects to their personal details going on the new "Big Brother" ID cards database will be banned from having a passport.

politics, id-cards, passports

Big Brother gaining ground in Great Britain

Seeded on Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:04 PM EST (Associated Content)

It seems that "Big Brother" is gaining ground in Great Britain.

politics, big-brother, george-orwell, id-cards, passports

Maya to cleanse sacred site after Bush visit

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 10:59 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Mayan leaders will spiritually "cleanse" ancient ruins in Guatemala after a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush, unpopular here because of foreign policies going back to Central America's civil wars.

odd-news, guatemala-bush-visit, iximche, spiritual-cleansing

Identity Cards will not stop fraudsters

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 8:57 PM EST (nwemail.co.uk)

GOVERNMENT plans to fingerprint every citizen in the Furness area — and charge you for the privilege — have been slammed by Conservatives in a new campaign against identity cards. David Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, has pledged to scrap the £20bn scheme.

politics, identity-cards, fraud, barrow-in-furness

America on its Knees Before Tyranny

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 3:48 AM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

"The Star-Spangled Banner" painted the United States in 1814 as "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." These words, though still mumbled by apathetic consumers at sporting events, amount to a cruel satire of the American people in 2007.

politics, declaration-of-independence

US Threats against Iran: War Plans and Pretexts in Place

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 3:37 AM EST (globalresearch.ca)

There is a real possibility that the U.S. may launch a military attack on Iran.

world-news, iran-nuclear-weapons, iran-war

Evidence of US coercion of IAEA members against Iran revealed

Seeded on Sun Mar 4, 2007 3:34 AM EST (globalresearch.ca)

Demands for an investigation into coercion of nations by the US during the vote against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have been growing following the revelations by a former ranking official of the Bush administration acknowledging that India's votes at t …

politics, iran-nuclear-programme, iaea, non-proliferation, un-security-council, coercion

How Much Embassy Is Too Much

Seeded on Sat Mar 3, 2007 3:33 AM EST (The Washington Post)

The nerve center of Iraq reconstruction efforts, housed in an ornate former Saddam Hussein palace with soaring ceilings and its own espresso bar, the embassy in Baghdad is one of the largest foreign missions ever operated by the State Department.

iraq-embassy, diplomatic-staff, state-department

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