US seeking a 15.7% levy on submarine cable operators

 Asia, Australia, Bloggers, Chilling effect, Cyber-industrial complex, international treaty, Meltdown, debt, gold, Telco, US Politics, USA, Web 2.0  No Responses »
Jul 172012
 

Via: www.itnews.com.au/News/308706,submarine-cable-operators-face-us-levy.aspx

 

 

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering an expansion to the Universal Service Fund. Submarine cable operators with landings in the United States could face a 15.7 percent levy on quarterly revenues. Some history on US telco rates can be found at: http://www.commsday.com/commsday/2012/comment-bad-timing-proposed-undersea-cable-tax/“

The 2006 Bush era don’t torture memo that almost got liquidated

 Associated Groups, CIA, FBI, international treaty, Less judicial involvement, Pain compliance, Police, Pre-Crime, Security Theatre, Shadow Wars, Torture, US Politics, USA, War on terror, Your rights  No Responses »
Jun 022012
 

Via:  www.salon.com/2012/04/04/the_memo_bush_tried_to_destroy/singleton/

 

A copy was kept by the State Department and can be found at www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20120403/

The amazing question of “how the U.S. came to employ torture” is asked :)

Julian Assange extradition request lawfully says UK Supreme Court court

 Australia, Bloggers, Free speech, Honey trap, international treaty, Security Theatre, Shadow Wars, UK, US Politics, USA, War on terror, Web 2.0, Wikileaks  No Responses »
May 302012
 

Via:  www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18260914

 

The question of a “judicial authority” under the 2003 Extradition Act could get interesting over the next 14 days.

More at:  edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/world/europe/uk-wikileaks-assange/index.html

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be in Sweden just after the Assange extradition ruling.

 

 

Australia must be more open to US firms offering cloud and US hosting

 Australia, Cyber-industrial complex, international treaty, Surveillance State, Telco, US Politics, USA, Your rights  No Responses »
Apr 132012
 

Via:  delimiter.com.au/2012/04/13/us-slams-australias-on-shore-cloud-fixation/

 

Cloud providers in the US want to host Australian gov data.

All Australia noted was that Australian data might get “scrutinised by foreign governments” and health records have their own laws.

 

MI6 trying to stop the extraordinary rendition, torture, Labour minister story

 CIA, Completely absurd, Deep state, international treaty, MI6, Middle East, Military Projects, Pain compliance, Push coverage of good stories, Security Theatre, Shadow Wars, Surveillance State, Torture, UK, War on terror  No Responses »
Apr 112012
 

Via:  www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2127453/M16-1m-bribe-silence-torture-victim-Spies-gave-dissident-Gaddafi-thugs.html

 

Can £1million stop a court case – keeping MI6, extraordinary rendition, torture and the hint of ministerial approval by a Labour minister?  The new ministers where “misled” ?

GCHQ civilian staff and the legal realities of drone strikes

 Africa, Asia, CIA, Cyber-industrial complex, Deep state, GCHQ, international treaty, Military Projects, Shadow Wars, Surveillance State, UAV/Drone, UK, USA, Your rights  No Responses »
Mar 122012
 

Via:  www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/11/gchq-staff-war-crimes-drones

 

All the small print about ”lawful combatants” under international law is coming back to haunt UK civilian staff working on the CIA’s “targeted killing” strikes.

UK gov considering nerve agents for British police use

 Chemical weapons, Deep state, Exploit a loophole, international treaty, Medical, Military Projects, Police, UK, Your rights  No Responses »
Feb 082012
 

Via:  independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/government-may-sanction-nerveagent-use-on-rioters-scientists-fear-6612084.html

 

Will the UK government allow the use of a nerve agents for British police?

Have UK government lawyers found weakness in the Chemical Weapons Convention that would allow for the use of nerve agents and other toxic chemicals for riot control?

Time for a new category:  Chemical Weapons and Exploit a loophole

More at royalsociety.org/policy/projects/brain-waves/conflict-security/?f=1