UK intelligence agencies spying on lawyers in sensitive security cases

UK intelligence agencies spying on lawyers in sensitive security casesThe intelligence services have routinely been intercepting legally privileged communications between lawyers and their clients in sensitive security cases, according to internal MI5, MI6 and GCHQ documents. The information obtained may even have been exploited unlawfully and used by the agencies in the fighting of court cases in which they themselves are involved, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has been told, resulting in miscarriages of justice.

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Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblers

Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblersCalling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decadelong bookmaking investigation. In his 31-page opinion, U.S.

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Meditation makes you more creative, study suggests

Meditation makes you more creative, study suggestsCertain meditation techniques can promote creative thinking, even if you have never meditated before. The study is a clear indication that you don’t need to be an experienced meditator to profit more from meditation. The findings support the belief that meditation can have a long-lasting influence on human cognition, including how we conceive new ideas.

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Why our happiness and satisfaction should replace GDP in policy making

Why our happiness and satisfaction should replace GDP in policy makingSince 1990, GDP per person in China has doubled and then redoubled. With average incomes multiplying fourfold in little more than two decades, one might expect many of the Chinese people to be dancing in the streets. Yet, when asked about their satisfaction with life, they are, if anything, less satisfied than in 1990.

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Bank of America’s dark secrets unwind southern author’s life

Bank of America’s dark secrets unwind southern author’s lifeBank of America’s ongoing alleged “bad faith” delay tactics and discovery stonewall in author TJ Fisher’s explosive $70 million lawsuit against the bank have stretched the case into four years. Now flat broke and $27 million in debt, former-millionaire Fisher faces the possibility of no roof over her head before a jury finally has the opportunity to pass judgment on the Too Big To Fail banking titan.

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NYPD assaults, arrests busker after confirming he did nothing illegal

NYPD assaults, arrests busker after confirming he did nothing illegal (VIDEO)A musician was assaulted and arrested after he wouldn’t stop playing guitar in a New York subway station on Friday morning. The video of the incident went viral, drawing attention to his cause: The police’s unfair treatment of buskers. Andrew Kalleen, half of the indie/folk/rock duo Lawrence and Leigh, was playing his guitar around 1:30 a.m.

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The FBI Director’s Evidence Against Encryption Is Pathetic

The FBI Director’s Evidence Against Encryption Is Pathetic – The InterceptFBI Director James Comey gave a speech Thursday about how cell-phone encryption could lead law enforcement to a “very dark place” where it “misses out” on crucial evidence to nail criminals. To make his case, he cited four real-life examples – examples that would be laughable if they weren’t so tragic.

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Name.Space is looking for your help to take on ICANN

Name.Space is looking for your help to take on ICANNNAME.SPACE is suing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The future of the Internet is at stake – you can make a difference. http://www.thevillager.com/?p=8176 If you don’t like an Internet controlled by a few large corporations that own our data, and place profit and power before liberty and community, support NAME.SPACE v.

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These 7 Charts Show Why the Rent Is Too Damn High

These 7 charts show why the rent is too damn highMore Americans than ever before are unable to afford rent. Here’s a look at why the rent is too damn high and what can be done about it. Part of the problem has to do with simple supply and demand. Millions of Americans lost their homes during the foreclosure crisis, and many of those folks flooded into the rental market.

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