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• Has Ashcroft met his obligations after a decade?

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 174
  In 1999, Tory leader William Hague proposed billionaire Michael Ashcroft for a life peerage, along with a promise that Ashcroft would take up permanent UK residence. The millions Ashcroft has pumped into the Conservative Party has prompted political opponents to question his legal status – whether he lives and pays ...
  4 hours ago

• A Court Decision That Reflects What Type of Country the US Is

  
  Patrick J. Buchanan — Authority: 604
  By Glenn Greenwald – PuppetGov.com It’s not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday’s ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft (.pdf).   Maher Arar is both a Canadian and Syrian citizen of Syrian ...
  5 days ago

• No Justice for Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar

  
  Faisal Kutty.com — Authority: 431
  Court Refuses to Hold U.S. Officials Accountable for Complicity in Torture Abroad CONTACT: press@ccrjustice.orgNovember 2, 2009, New York –  Today, a federal Court of Appeals dismissed Canadian citizen Maher Arar’s case against U.S. officials for ... Related Posts B Maher Arar Saga Not Over Yet – American ...
  5 days ago

• Copyright Exploitation: Content Domination is Unfair

  
  Political Cartel — Authority: 128
  According to PC World, The Beatles are remastered once again in a new and better format, EMI will release next month a collection of remastered Beatles albums on a special edition USB drive, to the joy of fans and geeks alike. The apple-shaped 16GB USB drive will be loaded with the remastered audio tracks from the ...
  5 days ago

• Federal Courts Issue Rulings on Bush-Era Torture, Racial Profiling Cases by William Fisher

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 550
  Former Bush administration Attorney General John Ashcroft had a busy day in court yesterday. A federal appeals court ruled he could not be held responsible for kidnapping a Canadian citizen in New York and shipping him off to Syria where he was imprisoned for a year and tortured. But, in another case, five men, who ...
  6 days ago

• Court of Appeals Dismisses Canadian Torture Victim’s Case

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals just dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by a Canadian victim of “extraordinary rendition” against former U.S. officials, ruling that torture victims have no right to compensation from the U.S. government, even if U.S. officials were complicit in his treatment. Maher Arar is a ...
  1 week ago

• ‘The End of Privacy’ and the Surveillance-Industrial Complex

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  National Public Radio’s All Things Considered ran a series on “ The End of Privacy ” all last week that’s worth a listen. They’re primarily concerned with the ways private companies have access to vast quantities of information about individuals in the digital age—something that civil libertarians have ...
  1 week ago

• Will it all unravel?

  
  Borthlas — Authority: 122
  Its been clear for a while that the Tories have been taking a major risk by accepting massive donations from Lord Ashcroft, but I was still astounded at the news that they are compounding that risk by including him in formal meetings overseas, let alone potentially lining him up for a senior role in government. The ...
  1 week ago

• When Fiscal Conservatives Arent Fiscally Conservative

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 138
  During the Bush years, a fellow at the Kennedy School of Government was writing a book called Savin’ it! on abstinence education in the public schools. As part of his research, he contacted then-Attorney General John Ashcroft with a request for personal testimony. His letter noted: The book’s fourth chapter, ...
  1 week ago

• Lord Ashcroft tipped for top Tory foreign job

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Labour slams peers role as he joins William Hague for high-level trip to US Billionaire Tory donor Lord Ashcroft was embroiled in fresh controversy last night after it emerged that he accompanied the shadow foreign secretary to key meetings overseas, amid rumours that he will be given a top foreign policy role in a ...
  1 week ago

• EVP – Electronic Voice Phenomena

  
  Paranominal — Authority: 455
  This EVP was captured in the ghost town of Ashcroft, Colorado, a former mining camp. I used an Olympus Digital Recorder VN 2100 PC while I was standing alone for about twenty minutes, asking various questions aloud. Four minutes before the end of the recording, I asked a question and appeared to receive a reply. [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Lord Ashcrofts enemies have no escape Down Under

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  A thief in New Zealand has plenty of time - 11 years to be precise - to contemplate the wisdom of tangling with Lord Ashcroft who founded the Crimestoppers charity.
  2 weeks ago

• More Proposed Oversight from John Conyers

  
  Emptywheel — Authority: 711
  John Conyers has been busy. In addition to drafting bills to improve FISA and PATRIOT (more on that later), he has introduced three more bills that would improve Congressional Oversight of the Executive. The Department of Justice Inspector General Authority Improvement Act of 2009 This Act will authorize ...
  2 weeks ago

• Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 466
  The underlying problem is the fact that the federal government, via the Controlled Substances Act, refuses to admit that marijuana can ever be used medically. This leads to some serious doublethink on the federal level, and also leads to some serious injustice in the courtroom. And nothing the Department of Justice ...
  3 weeks ago

• Library trustees to meet Wednesday – Rutland Herald

  
  OnlyDedicatedServers.com — Authority: 140
  Library trustees to meet Wednesday – Rutland Herald Rutland Free Library Director Paula Baker and Board of Trustees President Mary Ashcroft know there are a lot of rumors swirling about this week’s trustees meeting. They also understand why, given the conversation currently in limbo about whether the Green ...
  3 weeks ago

• Crime Stoppers

  
  Kiwiblog — Authority: 640
  Crime Stoppers was launched yesterday. You can use it to report crime through their website or by calling 0800 555 111. They don’t record the call, want your name or details – just information on the crime and who is responsible. The organisation is an independent charity, based on the UK one set up by Lord ...
  4 weeks ago

• How The Aisling Symes’ Tragedy Became The Media’s Nightmare

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 615
  How the media starting ticking boxes when  Aisling Symes , went missing - the New Zealand child prayed for by the McCanns and watched by the world’s media. POLICE looking for Aisling Symes have found the body of a child in a storm water drain. “The immediate scene has been condoned off and treated as a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Madeleine McCann: Missing Child Aisling Symes’ Body Found

  
  Anorak News — Authority: 615
  MADDIE WATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann : Police find the body of what looks to be Aisling Symes , the New Zealand child prayed for by the McCanns and watched by the world’s media. HORRIBLE news from New Zealand where police looking for Aisling Symes have found the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Child’s body found in hunt for missing New Zealand girl

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Wellington, Oct 12 (DPA) New Zealand police searching for a two-year-old girl who disappeared in an Auckland suburb a week ago found a child’s body in a drain Monday night, police said.The parents of Aisling Symes, who was last seen Oct 5, were told of the discovery although it was not immediately confirmed that the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Free Art Fair atThe Barbican from Monday 12th October

  
  FADwebsite — Authority: 436
  FREE ART FAIR at the Barbican. The show runs from Monday 12th October to Sunday 18th October.The Free Art Fair was founded byFREE ART FAIR at the Barbican. The show runs from Monday 12th October to Sunday 18th October.The Free Art Fair was founded by Jasper Joffe in 2007. It is the only fair where [...]
  4 weeks ago

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