When the ‚Future‘ Invades Our Lives. The CIA Funds ‚Predictive Behavior‘ Start-Ups
As they walked along the busy, yellow-lit tiers of offices, Anderton said: „You’re acquainted with the theory of precrime, of course. I presume we can take that for granted.“ — Philip K. Dick, The Minority Report What do Google, the CIA and a host of so-called „predictive behavior“ start-ups have in common? They’re interested in […]
Anti-rally law starts, sparks protests
With the G-20 Summit scheduled to begin in less than 41 days, the special law for security took effect yesterday and has already barred a civic activist from Japan, who was on a Ministry of Justice blacklist, from entering the country. Japanese activist Hajime Matsumoto, 36, was invited to attend a Korean civic group’s event […]
Security plans for G-20: troops and perimeters
The government yesterday unveiled a beefed-up security plan to mobilize 60,000 police and military troops and spend 27.3 billion won ($24.3 million) for next month’s G-20 Summit in Seoul. The G-20 Protection and Security Office, which controls security details for the event, said a three-layer security perimeter will be created around COEX, where the leaders […]
Parliament freezes EU Police College funds over dodgy accounts
LEIGH PHILLIPS The European Parliament has frozen the funding of the UK-based European Police College over dodgy accounting at the EU agency. Euro-deputies on Thursday refused to sign off its budget for 2008, declaring that the European Police College (Cepol), launched in 2006 to establish a network of European police officers via training courses, seminars […]
US Citizen/Global Justice Activist & Professor Arrested and Tortured by Belgian Police
Among 500 Arrested in Police Crackdown on Migrant Rights Mobilization Last Friday, during the No Border Camp, „a convergence of struggles aiming to end the system of borders that divide us All,” US citizen Dr. Marianne Maeckelbergh, professor at the University of Leiden in Holland and a long-time global justice, political prisoner solidarity, environmental, and […]
Audio zoom picks out lone voice in the crowd
Catherine de Lange Professional footballers beware: the argument you are having with your coach could soon be overheard even within the cacophony of a packed stadium. A new microphone system allows broadcasters to zoom in on sounds as well as sights, to pick out a single conversation. Physicists Morgan Kjølerbakken and Vibeke Jahr, formerly at […]
EU approves illegal migrant expulsion deal with Pakistan
Luxembourg – European Union interior ministers on Thursday approved an agreement with Pakistan which would allow for the return of illegal migrants from either side. The EU is struggling to turn the tide of illegal migration, and has made cooperation with third countries one of its priorities. Interior ministers meeting in Luxembourg approved the agreement […]
Direct action against Steria in Brussels
In a direct action against the repressive border regime of „fortress Europe“, a group of activists targeted the offices of Steria with grafitti and the property damage. Steria, with Cogent Systems, conceived the Eurodac database. In a direct action against the repressive border regime of „fortress Europe“, a group of activists targeted the offices of […]
Italy – Greece – Turkey
Immigration: Manganelli wants to expand cooperation to Turkey and Greece Article published in la Repubblica about Italy’s attemp to stop immigration via Turkey and Greece According to the Chief of Police Antonio Manganelli, it is possible to block the landing of illegal immigrants at the coast of Salento ‘through the expansion of international cooperation to […]
Policing of ’noborder camp‘ in Brussels violates basic civil rights
From 25 September to 3 October, a noborder camp is taking place in and around Brussels, with demonstrations, public lectures and actions for freedom of movement of people and against repressive migration control. By now a regular feature of the European political landscape, noborder camps are organised to intervene in the migration control regime inland […]
EU’s Technolife Project: Social Engineering for the coming Technofascist world
In yet another attempt to gain public acceptance for the coming technological tyranny, the EU has recently funded the University of Bergen in Norway to create a website that collects people’s opinions on three emerging techno-fascist technologies: biometric id, human augmentation, and global tracking systems. The TechnoLife project’s website claims that they (more on technofascismblog.com)
BXL: Reclaim your data from police databases
Gegen die grenzüberschreitende Kriminalisierung politischer AktivistInnen! Für die Abschaffung der polizeilichen Datenbankgesellschaft! Contre la criminalisation trans-frontalière des militants politiques! Pour la fin d’une société fondée sur les bases de données! Against the crossborder criminalisation of political activitsts! For the abandonment of the police database society! Text in english/ francais/ german
North African spy chiefs set up joint intelligence centre
Mathias Vermeulen Last Wednesday the heads of intelligence services of four Northern African countries (Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, and Mali) have set up a joint intelligence agency which aims to collect information on terrorist activities and make them available to their joint military operations center based in Tamanrasset in the Sahel. Other countries including Burkina Faso, […]
‚Pre-crime‘ Comes to the HR Dept.
Mike Elgan In the Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, police belonging to a special Pre-crime unit arrest people for crimes they would do in the future. It’s science fiction, and it will probably never happen in our lifetimes. However, the pre-crime concept is coming very soon to the world of Human Resources (HR) and employee […]
Abgeschoben auf die Müllkippe
Von Aert van Riel Flüchtlingsorganisationen kritisieren Ausweisungen von Roma und ungleiche Asylsysteme in der EU Die Regierungen Frankreichs und Deutschlands blockieren die Harmonisierung des Asylrechts in der Europäischen Union. Dies geht zu Lasten der Menschen, die sich in südeuropäischen Staaten um Asyl bemühen müssen. Denn Italien und Griechenland weigern sich, Flüchtlinge zu schützen, monieren Menschenrechts- […]
U.K. company plans survey satellite fleet
A $160 million project will launch three new British satellites by 2013 to image the surface of Earth, a commercial company says. Spacecraft manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and its data processing subsidiary DMCii say the satellites will be able to make out details down to 1 meter (39.37 inches) at their best resolution, the […]
Border Boletín: UA to take lie-detector kiosk to Poland
The University of Arizona’s National Center for Border Security and Immigration Research is taking its flagship research project to show European Union border guards. A team featuring director Jay Nunamaker and executive director Elyse Golob will fly to Warsaw, Poland in two weeks to show border guards from 27 European Union countries the center’s Avatar […]
The statement of the 2010 Expert Workshop on Limiting Armed Tele-Operated and Autonomous Systems, Berlin, 22nd September
(The following document was endorsed by a majority vote at the “Limiting Armed Tele-operated and Autonomous Systems” Workshop in Berlin, 22.09.10. It was not endorsed by all participants and should not be taken to deny the existence of disagreements amongst the participants about both the detail of the text and the underlying questions of ethics, […]
Unmanned drones may be used in police surveillance
Serious Organised Crime Agency put out a tender this summer for airborne platforms that could be used to gather intelligence More and more police forces and government agencies are exploring the potential of unmanned drones for covert aerial surveillance, security, or emergency operations across the UK, the Guardian has learned. The Serious Organised Crime Agency […]
European Commission adopts an EU external strategy on Passenger Name Record (PNR)
The European Commission adopted today a package of proposals on the exchange of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data with third countries, consisting of an EU external PNR strategy and recommendations for negotiating directives for new PNR agreements with the United States, Australia and Canada. The Commission clarifies that the general criteria outlined in this communication […]