German, Serbian police cooperation intensifies
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dačić stated that an agreement on cooperation between the German and Serbian police is being prepared. [b92.net] He pointed out that the Interior Ministry (MUP) has had a very good relationship with the German Interior Ministry, federal police, and Bavarian police. Dačić thanked Germany for its support in reforms of the […]
War on terrorism’s price tag: $ 1 trillion
According to a Congressional Research Service report, the military operations since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have cost over $1 trillion, making the “war on terrorism” second only to World War II in cost to US taxpayers. [legalift.wordpress.com] “CRS provided its estimates in current year dollars (i.e. the year they were spent) and in […]
Konfrontation mit M.Cortesi, Pressesprecher Stadtpolizei,1.Mai2010 (Update)
Folgend einige Impressionen zum 1. Mai 2010 in Zürich, eine Konfrontation mit Marco Cortesi (Pressesprecher, Stadtpolizei Zürich) und eine kleine Dokumentation von verdeckten Polizeioperationen gegen Demonstranten. Auch aktuellstes Material wurde verwendet aus Youtube-Clips vom 26. und 27. Juni 2010 von der G20-Demonstration in Toronto/Kanada. [wearechange.ch] Die Verfälschung der Geschehnisse an Demonstrationen sowie deren öffentlichen Diskreditierung ist […]
EU information management instruments
The Commission presents today a clear, comprehensive and transparent summary of instruments regulating the collection, storage or cross-border exchange of personal data for the purpose of law enforcement or migration management, setting out at the same time the core principles that should underpin the evaluation of information management instruments in the area of freedom, security […]
EU lists data-sharing policies for first time
HONOR MAHONY The EU and its 27 member states have almost 20 programmes, agencies and agreements governing the exchange of personal, business and telecoms data of EU citizens, a first-ever audit has shown. [euobserver.com] The arrangements, sometimes only concerning clusters of member states, are designed to facilitate passport-free travel within the EU, to combat terrorism […]
Brüssel will milliardenschweren Sicherheitsfonds
[diepresse.com] Im Herbst wird hinter den Kulissen der Brüsseler Politikszene ein hartes Ringen um die Schaffung eines EU-Geldtopfs für die Innere Sicherheit Europas beginnen. Aus ihm sollen ab dem Jahr 2014 Projekte wie ein eigenes EU-Programm zur Suche nach Finanziers von Terrororganisationen oder die Vereinheitlichung nationaler DNS-Datenbanken finanziell gespeist werden. „Wir diskutieren die Möglichkeit, einen […]
EU: Malmström für mehr Datentausch mit USA
EU-Justizkommissarin Cecilia Malmström hat am Dienstag eine Bestandsaufnahme der vorhandenen IT-Instrumente zur Bekämpfung von Terrorismus und Kriminalität vorgestellt. Die Zusammenarbeit mit Drittstaaten, speziell mit den USA, soll weiter intensiviert werden. Die Provider will Malmström auf ein Vorgehen gegen "illegale Inhalte" mit Terrorismusbezug einschwören. [futurezone.orf.at] Malmström tritt unter anderem dafür ein, die "Kooperation mit externen Partnern, […]
Exercise Citius Torch tests London Olympic security preparedness
Over 200 senior representatives from the police and other emergency services, government departments and Olympic partners last week (15th – 16th July) completed a major exercise, Citius Torch, to test security preparedness for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. [continuitycentral.com] Citius Torch (after the Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius – faster, higher, stronger) […]
The Droning of the Drones
The increasingly advanced technology of surveillance and control By Volker Eick The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones has increased in recent years, but not only in the military and intelligence fields. These reusable vehicles are increasingly used in the civil sector, an expression of the increasing convergence between military, intelligence and civil […]
»Wer weiß, daß er überwacht wird, verhält sich anders«
Europäisches Projekt »Indect« soll Observation perfektionieren. Studierende in Wuppertal wehren sich. Ein Gespräch mit Bastian Wefes Interview: Gitta Düperthal Bastian Wefes ist AStA-Vorsitzender in Wuppertal und Mitglied der Hochschulgruppe lira (Bündnis linker und radikaldemokratischer Studierender) Das Wuppertaler Studierendenparlament, verschiedene Hochschulgruppen und der Allgemeine Studierendenausschuß (AStA) der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal haben das Projekt »Indect« für den […]
Polizeiliche Datenbankgesellschaft
Matthias Monroy EU-Parlamentarier opponieren gegen die geplante "IT-Agentur" zur Verwaltung polizeilicher Datenhalden. Ein Ende der Errichtung neuer Informationssysteme ist indes nicht absehbar Cecilia Malmström, Innenkommissarin der Europäischen Union, hat eine umfassende Übersicht aller EU-Informationssysteme mit Personendaten angekündigt. In einer Mitteilung an den LIBE-Ausschuss (Bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres) des Europäischen Parlaments verspricht Malmström, das Papier […]
Big Brother really is watching and listening
By Tom McGurk Few people realise that they are being watched from above. [sbpost.ie] For example, there is a regular presence in the sky above some English cities of RAF SigInt (signal intelligence tracking) aircraft that intercept all signal communications, especially those from mobile phones. The aircraft concentrate on cities with large Muslim populations, such […]
Through the Wormhole: The Secret State’s Mad Scheme to Control the Internet
by Tom Burghardt [globalresearch.ca] Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz once famously wrote that "war is the continuation of politics by other means." A century later, radical French philosopher Michel Foucault turned Clausewitz on his head and declared that "politics is the continuation of war by other means." In our topsy-turvy […]
Schwarzenegger mobilizes National Guard to border
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday mobilized members of the California National Guard as part of a federal effort to deter drug trafficking and illegal immigration along the border with Mexico. [google.com] His order supports President Barack Obama’s plan to have 1,200 National Guard troops assist with federal border protection, customs and immigration […]
How facial-recognition software could track down G20 suspects
Lesley Ciarula Taylor The facial-recognition software Toronto police will use to track down suspects in its G20 summit investigation is an off-the-shelf tool that can sort through multiple databases very quickly. [thestar.com] The Canadian Bankers Association bought and installed the software because “the banks and the CBA have investigative functions, too. We investigate crimes against […]
Boykottiert das gläserne De-Mail!
[daten-speicherung.de] Seit kurzem kann man von einigen privaten Anbietern De-Mail-Adressen registrieren lassen. De-Mail ist ein E-Mail-Postfach, vor dessen Einrichtung man sich mit einem Ausweis eindeutig identifizieren muss (z.B. per Postident). Aus den folgenden Gründen kann von einer Registrierung und Nutzung von De-Mail nur abgeraten werden: Vor der Einrichtung eines De-Mail-Briefkastens muss man sich identifizieren, was […]
France, Germany & UK: No Questions Asked“: Intelligence Cooperation with Countries that Torture
[hrw.org] International efforts to combat terrorism since the 9/11 attacks in the United States have done incalculable damage to the absolute prohibition on torture. The global ban on torture is a cornerstone of international law, binding on all nations in peace and at war, and no exceptions or justifications are permitted. The attack on the […]
INTERPOL – At the centre of security for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
[interpol.int] As one phone crashes down in the Uruguay police booth at South Africa’s International Police Co-ordination Centre (IPCC) in Pretoria, another is snatched up in the nearby INTERPOL booth where staff launch into animated dialogue with colleagues at the INTERPOL Regional Bureau in Harare about two illegal immigration suspects who have just been detained […]
CEPOL – European Police College Draft Annual Report 2009
FOREWORD Detlef Schröder, Head of Programmes and Kate Armitage, Head of Administration We are pleased to present the CEPOL Annual Report for 2009, the fourth annual report since CEPOL began operating as an agency of the European Union and the first as the two new Heads of Units. 2009 was a challenging year for CEPOL […]
CDU/CSU und SPD halten an heimlichen Online-Durchsuchungen fest
Vertreter der alten großen Koalition haben sich ablehnend gegenüber einem Antrag (PDF-Datei) der Linksfraktion im Bundestag geäußert, die umkämpfte Befugnis für das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) zum Einsatz des Bundestrojaners wieder zu streichen. [heise.de] Das Instrument heimlicher Online-Durchsuchungen, von dem die Wiesbadener Polizeibehörde bis Mai noch keinen Gebrauch gemacht haben will, "ist auch weiterhin unverzichtbar", erklärte Armin […]