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WikiLeaks Backers Lose Bid to Keep Twitter Data From U.S. – Businessweek
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Three WikiLeaks backers lost their bid to keep information on them collected from their Twitter Inc. accounts from being turned over to U.S. prosecutors who are investigating the group’s publication of classified information.
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US ‘abused’ Afghan jail inmates
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Afghan investigators accuse US Army members of abusing detainees at Bagram prison, after President Karzai said it should come under Afghan control.
Via bbc.co.uk
Have RIM, Nokia & Apple provided Indian Military with backdoor access to cellular comm? | ZDNet
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In exchange for mobile presence in India, RIM, Nokia and Apple have allegedly provided backdoor access for the Indian intelligence to spy on communication.
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My Guantánamo Nightmare
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I spent seven and a half years at Guantánamo, without explanation.
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Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO
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A scandal unfolding in Denmark over the transfer of Iraqi prisoners by Danish forces to Iraq authorities, even as they knew they would be tortured, threatens to implicate the current Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen, formerly prime minister of Denmark from 2001-2009.
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How Immigration Courts Contaminate American Justice
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Is there a path to reforming the immigration justice system to ensure fairness?
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No Warrant Needed for GPS Monitoring, Judge Rules
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A Missouri federal judge ruled the FBI did not need a warrant to secretly attach a GPS monitoring device to a suspect’s car to track his public movements for two months.
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Honour killings have no place in Islam: Ottawa imam | Holy Post | National Post
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By Mohammed Adam OTTAWA — The imam of the Ottawa Mosque has condemned so-called honour killing, saying the practice speaks to a perverse sense of honour that is alien to Islam, and has no place in society.
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VIDEO: How Fans of ‘Firefly’ Stopped Censorship on One College Campus
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College campuses would seem to be ripe environments for intellectual diversity to flourish. But rather than celebrate free speech, academic institutions across America routinely censor student publications and individuals.
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