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Invasion of the Body Scanners
January 27, 2010 – 5:07 pm | No Comment
Invasion of the Body Scanners

By Randall Amster J.D., Ph.D.
The concept of “stimulus” may soon take on new connotations in the days ahead. The federal government is poised to emplace full-body scanners at airports across the nation, capable of peering …

Genetic Tests for UK Asylum Seekers Draw Criticism – Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups
November 17, 2009 – 12:42 pm | No Comment
Genetic Tests for UK Asylum Seekers Draw Criticism – Britain uses genetic tests for asylum-seekers, drawing heat from scientists, rights groups

By MARIA CHENG
LONDON – Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking …

In Bosnia, each funeral never ends – Bone by bone, victims of the Srebrenica massacre are being identified, pieced together and, finally, laid to rest
July 13, 2009 – 8:53 am | No Comment
In Bosnia, each funeral never ends – Bone by bone, victims of the Srebrenica massacre are being identified, pieced together and, finally, laid to rest

By Aida Cerkez-Robinson in Tuzla
How many times can you bury your child without going mad? It’s a question that has haunted hundreds of Bosnian mothers facing an agonising dilemma: as researchers identify remains scattered …

F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases – By SOLOMON MOORE
April 21, 2009 – 4:13 pm | No Comment
F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases – By SOLOMON MOORE

By SOLOMON MOORE

Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet convicted. The move, intended to help solve more …

Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK’s public databases, says report
March 23, 2009 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK’s public databases, says report

Alan Travis, home affairs editor
The Guardian, Monday 23 March 2009
A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, …

Does a Broken Country Have a Future? The Criminal Injustice System
March 11, 2009 – 11:08 am | No Comment
Does a Broken Country Have a Future? The Criminal Injustice System

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Ronald Cotton spent 11 years in prison because Jennifer Thompson provided eye witness testimony that he was the person who raped her. On March 9, National Public Radio revisited the story.
It turned …