Tag Archives: US
How the elite buy politics and the future of America
A nonprofit group with ties to Charles G. and David H. Koch provided grants of $236 million to conservative organizations before the 2012 election, according to tax returns the group is expected to file Monday, underscoring the broad reach of the political movement the two business executives and their advisers have built in recent years. […]
Facebook gives over 21,000 users data to the US government
Governments around the world requested information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23852230 Facebook’s Global Government Requests Report, released on Tuesday for the first time, offered details on official requests from 74 countries. The US made by far the most requests, asking for information on between 20,000 and 21,000 […]
US fails to rebuild Iraq for $60 billion
The US rebuilding effort in Iraq achieved little despite $60bn (£40bn) spent since the 2003 invasion. The inspector general for Iraq reconstruction estimated the US wasted at least $8bn. The “limited positive effects” was due to corruption, poor security and insufficient consultation with Iraqi authorities. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21692031 The eight-year war in Iraq cost the US about […]
Tortured man asks UK for £1 and an apology
Mr Belhaj and his wife were detained by US intelligence officers at Bangkok Airport in March 2004 and Belhaj was tortured for several days while his wife Fatima Bouchar, who was five months’ pregnant, was chained to a wall at a secret prison at the airport. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21651979 After being rendered- the act of transferring people […]
Dirty Babylon 