Nick Davies reports: Three leading mobile phone companies have told the Guardian that they have discovered a total of more than 100 customers whose voicemail was accessed by the private investigator and the journalist at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. This directly contradicts the official version of events…
Category: Surveillance
Liberties oversight panel gets short shrift
Eli Lake reports: President Obama is coming under pressure from Democrats and civil liberties groups for failing to fill positions on an oversight panel formed in 2004 to make sure the government does not spy improperly on U.S. citizens. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission…
Seven “Corporations of Interest” in Selling Surveillance Tools to China
Danny O’Brien writes: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement of a new U.S. policy on global Internet Freedom included a bold new statement about the responsibilities of American technology companies: …We are urging U.S. media companies to take a proactive role in challenging foreign governments’ demands for censorship and surveillance. The private sector has a…
‘No scan, no flight’ at Heathrow and Manchester
Some passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports will have to go through full body scanners before boarding their flights under new rules. It is now compulsory for people selected for a scan to take part, or they will not be allowed to fly. The new security rules have been introduced following the attempt to blow…