Archive for October, 2009
CIA Guantanamo Bay Intelligence To Be Published in Britain
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009The British High Court has rejected the British Government’s argument not to publish sensitive CIA intelligence, but sensitive to who?
Binyam Mohamed, a British resident, was an inmate at Guantanamo Bay. US Intelligence links Mr. Mohamed with the Taliban and was detained in Pakistan in 2002. But Mr. Mohamed says he was innocent and that […]
Fitch Sees British House Prices Set to Plunge.
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Fitch, the credit ratings agency sees the stabilization of British House prices as a false dawn. The Agency predicts house prices will drop at least 30 % from the 2007 highs. So far prices have dropped just 13%.
The Agency’s report focuses on the debts of British house builders’ debts of over $11 Billion that mature […]
Autistic Pentagon Hacker faces Extradition to US.
Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon will not be allowed to appeal against his extradition to the United States. McKinnon, 41, finds himself a victim of imbalanced law between the United States and the UK.
President Bush and the, then Prime Minster, Tony Blair agreed a mutual extradition treaty to allow speedy trial of terrorists. While Blair could […]
Obama’s looks after his own as Ol’ Boy comes to London Embassy
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Louis Susman comes to London as the US Ambassador - just as The Anglo American predicted last February.
In the light of the campaign rhetoric of “change” still ringing in our ears the message the British hear is that business is very much as usual in Washington.
Louis Susman’s appointment goes to a very core […]