Comment Re:They told if George W. Bush got elected... (Score 1) 629
Yet there have been Predator drone strikes in Pakistani territory for over a year now....
Comment Circlejerk (Score 1) 513
Not exactly surprising...
Submission + - UK police screw up evidence chain in error trial (bbc.co.uk) 1
Peil writes: "A total of five charges have been brought against 21-year-old Mohammed Atif Siddique, from Clackmannanshire, under the Terrorism Act of 2000.
It has been alleged that he had several articles in his possession which gave rise to a "reasonable suspicion" of a connection with a potential act of terrorism. These included documents containing terrorist propaganda, bomb making instructions and surveillance techniques.
The court heard the machine had been seized from Mr Siddique at Glasgow Airport in April last year. A report a forensic analyst with the e-crime unit attached to the police, stated it had been turned on before he examined it.
From the article: "An initial examination of this system revealed it was last activated between approximately 2219 BST and 2330 BST on 5 April 2006. "This immediately struck us as being unusual as we were informed that the computer had been seized from the accused's possession at about 2000 BST the same date."
Further examination revealed that the times and dates associated with more than 200 files on the system had been updated between these times.
Looks like any decent lawyer just blew away the chain of evidence, idiots."
It has been alleged that he had several articles in his possession which gave rise to a "reasonable suspicion" of a connection with a potential act of terrorism. These included documents containing terrorist propaganda, bomb making instructions and surveillance techniques.
The court heard the machine had been seized from Mr Siddique at Glasgow Airport in April last year. A report a forensic analyst with the e-crime unit attached to the police, stated it had been turned on before he examined it.
From the article: "An initial examination of this system revealed it was last activated between approximately 2219 BST and 2330 BST on 5 April 2006. "This immediately struck us as being unusual as we were informed that the computer had been seized from the accused's possession at about 2000 BST the same date."
Further examination revealed that the times and dates associated with more than 200 files on the system had been updated between these times.
Looks like any decent lawyer just blew away the chain of evidence, idiots."
Submission + - London Police get real time access to traffic cams
Peil writes: "After saying for years that the Transport for London traffic cameras would not grant the police routine, real time access it appears that, surprise, surprise, thats just what has happened.
The BBC have flagged that our new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith has decided to throw out all the previous assurances and data protection laws.
FTA: "Anti-terror officers will be exempted from parts of the Data Protection Act to allow them to see the date, time and location of vehicles in real time. They previously had to apply for access on a case-by-case basis. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith blamed the "enduring vehicle-borne terrorist threat to London" for the change."
Still they do promise to play nice:
The scheme will also be reviewed in three months' time after an interim report by Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, so the home secretary can be "personally satisfied ... that the privacy of individuals is protected""
The BBC have flagged that our new Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith has decided to throw out all the previous assurances and data protection laws.
FTA: "Anti-terror officers will be exempted from parts of the Data Protection Act to allow them to see the date, time and location of vehicles in real time. They previously had to apply for access on a case-by-case basis. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith blamed the "enduring vehicle-borne terrorist threat to London" for the change."
Still they do promise to play nice:
The scheme will also be reviewed in three months' time after an interim report by Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, so the home secretary can be "personally satisfied
Submission + - Senate subpoenas White House wiretapping docs
Peil writes: "The BBC are reporting that the Senate has handed down a subpoena relating to the surveillance of domestic terror suspects.
From the article link: "The US Senate has issued a subpoena ordering the White House to give up documents related to its surveillance of domestic terror suspects. The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush administration to give up the papers as part of its inquiry into the controversial spying programme. "
The Senate Judiciary Committee's subpoenas target the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney, the National Security Council and the Department of Justice and they have set a deadline of July 18th.
Could be interesting to see just what legal advice as given on the legality of this — given a few of the faces at the time started their political careers in the Nixon Administration and the recent disclosures by the CIA on domestic surveillance in that time period."
From the article link: "The US Senate has issued a subpoena ordering the White House to give up documents related to its surveillance of domestic terror suspects. The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush administration to give up the papers as part of its inquiry into the controversial spying programme. "
The Senate Judiciary Committee's subpoenas target the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney, the National Security Council and the Department of Justice and they have set a deadline of July 18th.
Could be interesting to see just what legal advice as given on the legality of this — given a few of the faces at the time started their political careers in the Nixon Administration and the recent disclosures by the CIA on domestic surveillance in that time period."
Submission + - Election farce in Scotland
Peil writes: "In the most closely contested elections in Scotland since devolution it appears that the electoral system in Scotland has failed badly on two counts.
Firstly, in addition to the first past the post system for electing Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Single transferable vote was brought in for local council elections. This has caused no end of confusion with an estimated 100k ballot papers being classed as void due to being filled incorrectly.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6 623287.stm)
Secondly,the team providing electronic counting of ballot papers had a technical snafu which led to counts being suspended overnight — apparently the counting machines worked perfectly, it was when they fed he results back to a central database for collation that it all went pear shaped (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_w est/6623239.stm)"
Firstly, in addition to the first past the post system for electing Members of the Scottish Parliament, the Single transferable vote was brought in for local council elections. This has caused no end of confusion with an estimated 100k ballot papers being classed as void due to being filled incorrectly.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/
Secondly,the team providing electronic counting of ballot papers had a technical snafu which led to counts being suspended overnight — apparently the counting machines worked perfectly, it was when they fed he results back to a central database for collation that it all went pear shaped (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_
Submission + - Scottish ballot computer hits UK independence vote
evilandi writes: "Thursday's Scottish elections have been called into doubt after the new computer ballot counting system from DRS failed to read a massive number of votes, instead declaring them spoilt papers. The vote is critical in deciding whether Scotland will have a referendum on splitting away from the United Kingdom. Independence could mean the UK's most likely next Prime Minister, Gordon Brown — a Scot — would cease to be eligible for the post less than three years into the next term."
Submission + - First Sighting of Pirated Linux
mpapet writes: A Linux distribution called Pioneer Linux distributed by TechAlign Inc. may be the first ever to claim that Linux can be pirated. The Pioneer Linux distro boldly declares As a business, you should purchase a copy of Pioneer and not pirate it.
Their announcement of a new re-branded Ubuntu distro on distrowatch.org states, " commercial establishments will be required to purchase a copy...". See the distrowatch.org announcement.
Their announcement of a new re-branded Ubuntu distro on distrowatch.org states, " commercial establishments will be required to purchase a copy...". See the distrowatch.org announcement.
