Britney Spears under animal charity’s surveillance after dog’s injury.

"Pop star Britney Spears has reportedly been under surveillance of an animal charity ever since her dog was seen wearing a cast recently. A team of activists from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals visited Britney’s home in Los Angeles on Saturday, in...

Mellow Submarine... Not! Sub Smugglers busted with $352M in cocaine

A whole other kind of narcotic than the Beatles had imagined I'm sure."Sub carried $440m of cocaineAugust 23, 2007 07:54am A SUBMARINE carrying cocaine worth an estimated $US352 million ($440 million) was intercepted by US authorities off the coast of Central America. US...

'Spy helicopter' used at festival

Police have deployed a remote controlled drone to hover over the crowd at a UK music festival and are using it to monitor the crowd. I would like to know whether people saw this thing and what their reaction was in the moment. On some level it seems absolutely ridiculous, but...

Concern Over Wider Spying Under New Law

"Broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well beyond wiretapping to include — without court approval — certain types of physical searches on American soil ... For instance, the...

Sydney split by fence to keep protesters away from world leaders at APEC

"Apparently it's an honour for Sydney to be chosen to host the APEC summit in three weeks time, bringing together more than 20 world leaders, including President Bush. But most Sydneysiders are wondering why they couldn't have gone elsewhere, now that the full scope...

In China, a high-tech plan to track people

"At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China and will soon be guided by sophisticated computer software from an American-financed company to recognize automatically the faces of police suspects and detect unusual...

America under surveillance

"On one level, the engagement of the NGA and the U-2 flights over the Gulf Coast during Katrina were commendable efforts to use America's vast surveillance powers for the safety and support of its citizens. But at the same time, the incident apparently marked the first time...

FISA failure demonstrates why we need real progressives in Congress

"I'm still mulling over the massive Democratic capitulation that enabled Bush to pass into law the most sweeping violation of Americans' privacy yet--legalizing an illegal program, and making it stronger to boot. Why did this happen? Why did Democrats in both chambers...

Bush Signs Law to Widen Reach for Wiretapping

"President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants." They who would give up an essential liberty for safety,...

George Bush using the Constitution to destroy the Constitution

"In an act of absolutely unmitigated gall, George Bush is using the power granted to the Executive Branch by the Constitution to force Congress to stay in session, that they might pass a law legalizing his warrantless wiretap surveillance program--the same program that...

*Update2* Foot and mouth disease found in cattle on UK farm

**Update 2** Just in! British livestock exports banned Officials scramble to contain new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease; 2001 epidemic led to mass slaughter of animals ...