Accuracy of Pre-War Intelligence on Post-War Iraq

The Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, and the Vice Chairman, Senator Kit Bond, announced on May 8 that the Committee has adopted its Phase II report on prewar intelligence assessments about postwar Iraq. The Committee will submit the report to the Director of National Intelligence for […]

OFCOM Decision On Big Brother Racism

Consideration of sanction against
Channel Four Television Corporation in respect of its service Channel 4.
For
Breaches of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code:

Rule 2.3 – Broadcasters must when applying generally accepted standards ensure that material which may cause offence is justified by the context; and
Rule 1.3 – Children must also be protected by appropriate scheduling from unsuitable material.

On
15, […]

World-Check’s Terrorism List Continues to Outpace Government Alerts

LONDON - World-Check, the leading provider of structured intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, made public today statistics that not only reveal the depth of World-Check's terrorism research, but also underscore the danger that institutions face from relying on government-released terrorism alerts alone.
World-Check's […]

An Internet Concept Whose Time? (TM) Has Come

Entrepreneurs Seek to Make the Most of Their Time with New Online Community
CWMBRAN, Wales, U.K. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, "Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again." However, Henry was wrong. At the new internet site, Whose Time? you can take back time, for the nominal fee of $1 per minute. […]

THE 2007 TAURUS WORLD STUNT AWARDS ENDED WITH A BANG ON SUNDAY NIGHT

Show to air domestically on AMC On Friday, May 25th at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT.
The stars were out and the action was in full force at this year’s Taurus World Stunt Awards on the Paramount Pictures lot last night. An enthusiastic audience of over 1700 watched as action film icon Burt Reynolds, star of the blockbuster […]

Spinning the News from Iraq - Harris Poll - May 2007

Most People Believe the President and Republicans Make Things Sound Better Than They Are
The Public is Skeptical of All Major News Sources About Iraq, Distrusts Military Leaders the Least

The public has become deeply skeptical of all the major sources of news about events in Iraq. Most people see them as either making the news […]

Iraq: fragmentation and civil wars - new paper - Chatham House

There is not 'one' civil war, nor 'one' insurgency, but several civil wars and insurgencies between different communities in today's Iraq.  Within this […]

First Terrorism Situation and Trend Report of Europol released

The first EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report TE-SAT 2007 produced by Europol was presented in the European Parliament in Brussels by Director Max-Peter Ratzel.
The TE-SAT 2007 provides an overview of the phenomenon of terrorism in the EU from the law enforcement perspective. This approach provides a solid basis for decision making both […]

New software from the MIT Media Lab unleashes kids’ creativity online

Stephanie Schorow, News Office Correspondent (MIT News Office), May 14, 2007
A new programming language developed at the MIT Media Lab turns kids from media consumers into media producers, enabling them to create their own interactive stories, games, music, […]

Proscribed terrorist groups - UK May 2007

These terrorist organisations are currently proscribed under UK legislation, and therefore outlawed in the UK.

44 international terrorist organisations are proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 
Of these, two organisations are proscribed under powers introduced in the Terrorism Act 2006, as glorifying terrorism
14 organisations […]