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EU-US debate – tackling terrorism or invading privacy? STOP THEM BEFORE IS TOO LATE
The European Parliament is debating an agreement that allows the banking data of its citizens to be scrutinized by American officials. Washington says this measure is vital to counter terrorism, but many in Europe see it as an invasion of privacy. In a deal that came into force temporarily last Monday, the EU and the US are [...]
Continue reading...FBI agents seeking phone records used ’startling’ methods
20. January 2010
FBI agents seeking telephone records demanded information from phone companies in a variety of “startling” and illicit methods, including e-mail and post-it notes, in an “egregious breakdown” of safeguards and oversight, the Justice Department’s inspector general reported Wednesday. The long-awaited investigative report describes numerous lapses by FBI agents seeking material through more than 700 emergency letters [...]
Continue reading...Iraq outraged by Blackwater case dismissal
4. January 2010
Iraq has criticized the US court’s dismissal of all charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of killing seventeen Iraqi civilians in 2007. The country’s government has vowed to pursue the case itself. Blackwater contractors – a US private military company – was sent to Iraq to assist the US army in 2003. In 2007, 17 Iraqi [...]
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9. February 2010
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