Wired’s Danger Room writes about the military security implications of climate change, taking the lead from Mr. Thomas Fingar’s — Chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council — trip to Capitol Hill last month.
Summarizing:
Climate change will have wide-ranging security implications globally “worsening existing problems — such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual [...]
Christie Blatchford had a bit of a run in with the security state last week. In her article in Saturdays Globe Blatchford recounts the excitement that began with a discussion of ongoing terrorism trials in Canada:
… I told Rosie about some evidence at the Khawaja trial, particularly the testimony of a key witness, himself [...]
Hate pervades Calgary.
Or at least compared to the national average. So says Statistics Canada in a new report.
They provided some facts on the state of hate and violence in Canada:
Among the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against the Jewish faith were the most common, accounting for [...]
Here’s a Guardian article from Cory Doctorow I missed a few months back on “security” superstition and actual security. It’s bang-on and captures how disconnected authorities have become with our safety.
The superstitions that grip airport checkpoints and banks are themselves a threat to security, because the security that does not admit of examination and [...]
Did you hear about this? I sure didn’t. Which is surprising as I read six newspapers and several dozen news RSS feeds a day. Sounds like our governments were purposefully trying to keep this secret, too. From the Ottawa Citizen on February 22, 2008:
Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way [...]
Yesterday, I discussed the City of Calgary’s proposal to introduce wireless surveillance cameras in select public spaces for police and bylaw officers. Turns out, City Council was talking about it at the same time:
The city will move forward with the installation of up to 24 surveillance cameras downtown, after council approved their use Monday.
The $500,000-pilot [...]