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Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7

Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system.

Indianapolis Schools Ban Atheism Websites | Unreasonable Faith

The Indianapolis Public School system has a policy to ban certain websites from being viewed at school. I certainly hated it when I was in high school (we found ways to bypass it if course) but it's a reasonable idea.

An Open Letter to President Obama, on Behalf of Mind Control Victims Everywhere

In case you were wondering, this is not an attempt to generate Newsvine page views using a spurious, misleading headline.

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Peru and Chile in 'spy' scandal

A new diplomatic row has erupted between Peru and Chile after a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over alleged spying. The court accused the officers of paying a Peruvian air force officer to reveal national secrets.

Privacy Concerns Over UK Tracking Phone Calls, Texts, Emails, Online Use

Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by Britons is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.

Legislation to access public's texts and emails put on hold

Plans for a £2bn Home Office surveillance project to track details of everyone's email, mobile phone, text and internet use have been put on hold after a consultation raised concerns over its technical feasibility, costs and privacy safeguards.

IAEA report: Iran tested "breathtaking' advanced nuclear warhead design

The very existence of the technology, known as a "two-point implosion" device, is officially secret in both the US and Britain, but according to previously unpublished documentation in a dossier compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iranian scientists may hav …

CIA agents guilty of Italy kidnap

An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans - all but one of them CIA agents - and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric.

Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on CIA Payroll

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country's booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for much of the past eight years, according to current and former American officials.

Man jailed for selling human skulls

A Chinese-American academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison for selling human skulls unearthed in China to buyers overseas, state media reported.

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