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May 22, 2007
Google’s goal to organise your daily life
Google’s ambition to maximise the personal information it holds on users is so great that the search engine envisages a day when it can tell people what jobs to take and how they might spend their days off.
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter.
Opium: Iraq's deadly new export
Amid the anarchy, farmers begin to grow opium poppies, raising fears that the country could become a major heroin supplier
U.S. Urges Complaint Against IAEA Chief
The United States wants its allies to join in a formal protest against the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency for suggesting that Iran be allowed to keep some elements of its uranium enrichment program, diplomats said Tuesday.
Israeli minister issues death threat to Hamas leaders
"I don't distinguish between those who carry out the (rocket) attacks and those who give the orders. I say we have to put them all in the crosshairs," said Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, the national infrastructure minister, on Israel Radio.
U.S. ambassador to Israel apologizes for comments about Jonathan Pollard
The U.S. ambassador to Israel apologized Tuesday for comments about Jonathan Pollard, a convicted spy who once worked for the Pentagon, saying they were "misinformed and misleading."
Speaking at an academic conference Monday, Ambassador Richard Jones said the United States had been lenient by not executing the former Pentagon analyst.
Masking Politics as Science
In the publish-or-perish mentality of academia, is global warming just one in a long line of political agendas disguised by scientific method?
The Global Elite: Who are they?
Top Rove aide Ralston pleads the fifth.
Executive assistant Susan Ralston invoked her rights against self-incrimination while being deposed by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) announced in a memo.
Hersh: Bush administration arranged support for militants attacking Lebanon
David Hicks' trial was a political fix by two governments
Now that David Hicks is back in Australia to serve out the rest of his sentence at Yatala, it is opportune to reflect on the implications of his "trial" for the future of the US military commission process. It is not a pretty picture.
Doctors, Legislators Resist Drugmakers' Prying Eyes
Many doctors object to drugmakers' common practice of contracting with data-mining companies to track exactly which medicines physicians prescribe and in what quantities information marketers and salespeople use to fine-tune their efforts. The industry defends the practice as a way of better educating physicians about new drugs.
Dodge says single currency 'possible'
Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge says North America could one day embrace a euro-style single currency.
But to get there, Canada, the United States and Mexico must first tear down barriers to the free flow of labour, which he pointed out Monday have “gotten a bit thicker” in recent years.
What Are Cheney and Addington Hiding About NSA Spying on Americans?
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Clinton, Bush Connection To Warrantless Wiretapping And The CIA Exposed
Where have all the viewers gone?
In TV's worst spring in recent memory, a startling number of Americans drifted away from television the past two months: More than 2.5 million fewer people were watching ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox than at the same time last year, statistics show.
Bush could double force by Christmas
The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday.
The little-noticed second surge, designed to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq, is being executed by sending more combat brigades and extending tours of duty for troops already there.
Why the US Government Is Hated All Over the World
How To End the War
Ron Paul has a moderate plan.
Onetime Giuliani Insider Is Now a Critic
As Rudolph W. Giuliani runs for president, his image as a chief executive who steered New York through the disaster of Sept. 11 has become a pillar of his campaign. But one former member of his inner circle keeps surfacing to revisit that history in ways that are unflattering to Mr. Giuliani: Jerome M. Hauer, New York City’s first emergency management director.
Assessments Made in 2003 Foretold Situation in Iraq
Intelligence Studies List Internal Violence, Terrorist Activity
I warned Government on Iraq: ex-colonel
The Federal Government ignored warnings about inmate mistreatment in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison and AWB kickbacks to Saddam Hussein months before the scandals came to light, a former senior Australian Army officer turned political candidate says
Ex-KGB spy to be charged with radiation murder
An ex-KGB agent is to be charged in connection with the murder of poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, the Crown Prosecution Service said today.
Journalists Face Repression on All Sides in Iraq
The working environment for Iraq's journalists is becoming increasingly dangerous and difficult, with 31 killed since the start of this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
One building that's been built on time and on budget in Iraq: America's fortress embassy
"What kind of embassy is it when everybody lives inside and it's blast-proof, and people are running around with helmets and crouching behind sandbags?"
Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 about 1,000 US diplomatic and military staff have been using one of his former palaces as a make-shift embassy, which several observers have criticised as giving the regrettable impression that the Americans merely replaced Saddam's authoritarian rule with their own.
A Nazi State Par Excellance
The Powerful Odor of Mendacity: From Wiretaps to War
Glenn Greenwald catches Bush's "intelligence czar," Mike McConnell, in howlingly flagrant lies in a Washington Post op-ed about the need to "update" the secret FISA court's powers over government surveillance.
FOX News Hypes Dubious Connection Between Lebanon Fighting And Iran To Promote War On Iran
Banl Puts $queeze On ID Victim
After identity thieves wiped out a Bronx mom's life savings, her neighborhood bank sprung into action - by slapping her with a lawsuit.
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