People in Northern Ireland who identify themselves as Irish will receive a different ID card to those who identify themselves as British. Following the unveiling of the ID card’s design, it has been revealed that the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) must respect identity rights under the Belfast Agreement and issue a separate ID card…
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Army spying on anti-war group could violate federal law
A Yale Law School faculty member and military law expert said he is disturbed by allegations that Fort Lewis employed a civilian who spied on an Olympia-based anti-war organization. Eugene R. Fidell, a former judge advocate for the Coast Guard and the president of the National Institute of Military Justice, said such a practice appeared…
Police in Sarah Jessica Parker surrogate case arrested
Two police chiefs suspected of snooping for tabloid fodder at the home of a surrogate mother for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have been arrested on undisclosed charges. A special prosecutor has been looking into whether the eastern Ohio chiefs illegally entered the woman’s home in May, when she wasn’t there, but it…
P2P ban plan for govt gets mixed response
A proposal to introduce a bill seeking to formally ban the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications on government and contractor networks is evoking a mixed response. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) yesterday announced his intention to introduce such a bill, after he, and other members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee heard…