President Obama signs a bill requiring the FAA to permit the use of domestic drones, both for commercial purposes and police surveillance. Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s DARPA announces it is developing robot “avatars” for battlefield use…
The Defense Department announced that military commission charges have been brought against Guantánamo Bay detainee Majid Shoukat Khan. He is the second to face a military tribunal under President Barack Obama.
The Court of Appeals in Milan overturned a lower court’s conviction of Tunisian former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamed Riadh Ben Nasri on charges of “terrorist association.” His lawyer argued the conviction was based on statement made under torture.
From Huffington Post, Feb. 1: Mind-Reading Advance Lets Brain Scientists ‘Eavesdrop’ On Thoughts Scientists already know how to see into your mind’s eye, and now they can hear the voices in your head. In a new paper published in PLoS… Read moreNeurosurgeons scream for more
World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama’s moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT).
Protesters wearing orange jump-suits and black hoods marched in Washington DC Jan. 11 to mark 10 years since the opening of the military prison at Guantánamo Bay. The grimly attired demonstrators marched down Pennsylvania Ave. from the White House, past… Read moreProtests mark tenth anniversary of Guantánamo Bay prison camp
Despite expressing “reservations” in a signing statement, President Obama approved the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012, with controversial provisions that codify into law the indefinite detention of terror suspects.
Media accounts portray Tarek Mehanna as a dangerous conspirator—but he never actually received “terrorist training” in Yemen, and the texts he apparently translated were al-Qaeda propaganda videos.
Police in Northern Ireland are considering deployment of mini-drones to combat crime and the dissident Republican threat. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are small enough to fit into a rucksack and will be used for surveillance.
US prosecutors argued that even if suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri is acquitted by a military tribunal, the US government has the authority to detain him at Guantánamo until the end of the hostilities in the US war on terror.
Lawyers defending detainees at Guantánamo Bay said that Joint Task Force Gitmo staff intercept attorney-client privileged communications, violating the law and making it impossible for them to do their jobs.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International urged the Canadian government to investigate and arrest former US president George W. Bush for his role in torture, ahead of his travel to an economic summit in British Columbia.
