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Van highjacked in UK with 3000 blank passports

http://www.americablog.com/…
Chris in Paris
No, it’s doesn’t sound very suspicious at all, does it?
The Foreign Office today admitted a serious breach of security took place after blank passports destined for British embassies were stolen.
A spokeswoman said 24 parcels containing blank passports and vignettes - the blank stickers for visa stamps - were taken from a van en-route [...]

Scottish government hires firm accused of torture in Iraq

http://www.sundayherald.com/…

American census contractor facing trial on human rights abuses in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib By Neil Mackay
A FIRM?ACCUSED of?torturing Iraqi prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad has been?hired?by the Scottish government to carry out the nation’s next census.
Granting CACI (UK) - a subsidiary of the firm accused of torture - the £18.5 [...]

Anti-terror seizure powers declared unlawful

http://www.guardian.co.uk/…
David Batty and agencies
guardian.co.uk,
Thursday April 24 2008
The government could be forced to rewrite anti-terrorism legislation after the high court today ruled that orders to freeze the assets of terrorism suspects are unlawful.

FBI to get UK biometric database hookup?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/…
1776 continues to cost money
By Lewis Page
Published Tuesday 15th January 2008 13:54 GMT
The list of police and security forces which can gain automated access to UK law-enforcement biometric databases may be set to widen, according to reports.