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Lobbyists delight: draft European Parliament report calls for full-blown EU military research budget
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Jean-Pierre Audy MEP (a French Christian Democrat and member of the conservative PPE block) has drafted a report on the “mid-term review of the 7th Framework Programme for Research” for the European Parliament’s Committee on Indu...
Lobbyists delight: draft European Parliament report calls for full-blown EU military research budget
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Jean-Pierre Audy MEP (a French Christian Democrat and member of the conservative PPE block) has drafted a report on the “mid-term review of the 7th Framework Programme for Research” for the European Parliament’s Commi...
Please help this beleaguered industry! Commission launches consultation on security industry
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation entitled ‘Unleashing the potential of Europe’s security industry’. The consultation has the clear aim of fostering support for continued EU R&D subsidies to the security in...
Please help this beleaguered industry! Commission launches consultation on security industry
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The European Commission has launched a public consultation entitled ‘Unleashing the potential of Europe’s security industry’. The consultation has the clear aim of fostering support for continued EU R&D subsidies to the sec...
EU security research subsidies for Israel on trial at Russell Tribunal on Palestine
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In November last year, Ben Hayes of Statewatch provided written and oral testimony to the London session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. The Tribunal heard how the EU is providing research grants to Israeli military and security companies that...
EU security research subsidies for Israel on trial at Russell Tribunal on Palestine
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In November last year, Ben Hayes of Statewatch provided written and oral testimony to the London session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. The Tribunal heard how the EU is providing research grants to Israeli military and security companies that...
Contractor sought for UK network of biometric booths
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ZDNet reports that the UK Border Agency is planning a network of booths to take foreigners’ fingerprints and photos. The Home Office agency has advertised for a single contractor to provide booths that are secure and private where overseas na...
Contractor sought for UK network of biometric booths
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ZDNet reports that the UK Border Agency is planning a network of booths to take foreigners’ fingerprints and photos. The Home Office agency has advertised for a single contractor to provide booths that are secure and private where ove...
Spying in a see through world: the “Open Source” intelligence industry
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The Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) industry has grown rapidly over the past decade. Private companies and state agencies are now collecting and analysing “publicly available” data on a vast scale. This article by Ben Hayes, published i...
Spying in a see through world: the “Open Source” intelligence industry
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The Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) industry has grown rapidly over the past decade. Private companies and state agencies are now collecting and analysing “publicly available” data on a vast scale. This article by Ben Hayes, publish...
USA’s $3.7 billion Secure Border Initiative cancelled
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The USA’s Secure Border Initiative, a complex network of high-tech surveillance equipment to police the entire northern border (with Canada) and southern border (with Mexico), has been cancelled. While agents in the field were said to “l...
USA’s $3.7 billion Secure Border Initiative cancelled
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The USA’s Secure Border Initiative, a complex network of high-tech surveillance equipment to police the entire northern border (with Canada) and southern border (with Mexico), has been cancelled. While agents in the field were said to &ldq...
BAE systems to buy Irish financial crime company
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Further evidence of arms industry diversification into criminal intelligence and investigations as BAE Systems offers £184 million for Norkom, an Ireland-based counter-fraud and anti-money laundering solutions provider that employs around 350 people...
BAE systems to buy Irish financial crime company
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Further evidence of arms industry diversification into criminal intelligence and investigations as BAE Systems offers £184 million for Norkom, an Ireland-based counter-fraud and anti-money laundering solutions provider that employs around 350 p...
Border wall for EU-Turkey border
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Article by Andrew Rettman for EUOBSERVER, reprinted in full below. See also “A shameful investment in a dystopia“. Greece to build wall on EU-Turkey border The Greek government plans to build a wall along its 206-km-long land border wit...
Border wall for EU-Turkey border
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Article by Andrew Rettman for EUOBSERVER, reprinted in full below. See also “A shameful investment in a dystopia“. Greece to build wall on EU-Turkey border The Greek government plans to build a wall along its 206-km-long land bo...
European Parliament report confirms Statewatch-TNI findings on European Security Research Programme
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A study commissioned by the European Parliament’s ‘Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs’ policy department has produced a damning indictment of the European Security Research Programme (ESRP), reiterating and confirming...
European Parliament report confirms Statewatch-TNI findings on European Security Research Programme
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A study commissioned by the European Parliament’s ‘Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs’ policy department has produced a damning indictment of the European Security Research Programme (ESRP), reiterating and confirming...
Public Money May Fund European Arms: “a hugely misdirected allocation of taxpayers’ money”
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Article by Dave Cronin for IPS, quoting Ben Hayes of Statewatch, reproduced in full. Arms traders are seeking to convince the European Union that publicly-funded scientific research grants should help develop weapons for future wars. In a series of s...
Public Money May Fund European Arms: “a hugely misdirected allocation of taxpayers’ money”
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Article by Dave Cronin for IPS, quoting Ben Hayes of Statewatch, reproduced in full. Arms traders are seeking to convince the European Union that publicly-funded scientific research grants should help develop weapons for future wars. In a series of s...
