In its annual report on Friday, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) expressed “concern” over such disclosures. The MPs specifically referred to former Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) director Robert Hannigan providing “operational details” to a 2019 Channel 4 documentary about efforts to track and kill UK-linked Islamic State (IS, formerly …
Read More »Iran probes watchdog cams in nuclear site ‘sabotage’
During a briefing in London on Friday, Iran’s envoy to the UK Mohsen Baharvand called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to allow authorities in Tehran more time to probe potential sabotage at a centrifuge workshop in the city of Karaj, which was also rocked by a mysterious explosion …
Read More »‘This can’t be real’: MLB fans in hysterics as animal rights watchdog PETA deems the term ‘bullpen’ insensitive to cows
PETA, or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, have long positioned themselves as a voice for mistreated animals – something which only the most sociopathic in society would fundamentally disagree with. But the watchdog has occasionally come under fire for what some see as overstepping their boundaries when …
Read More »UK competition watchdog slaps Facebook with £50 million fine for information breach
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) contended that Facebook consciously failed to provide the British regulator with all the information required. In a statement, the regulator said that Facebook’s decision not to comply with its demands were seemingly “deliberate” as the tech giant had been given multiple warnings already. The …
Read More »Germany enters FOURTH Covid-19 wave, health watchdog warns, amid uptick in younger patients
Overall, the proportion of positive Covid tests in Germany rose from 4 to 6% in mid-August, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said in its latest weekly report published on Thursday. The infection rate has been on the rise at least since the beginning of July, the health watchdog said, adding …
Read More »UK police watchdog investigating cops over return of Plymouth shooter’s gun & permit
Jake Davison, 22, gunned down five people in the port city of Plymouth on Thursday. He killed two men, two women – including his mother – and a toddler, before turning his weapon on himself. Attention has now turned to Davison’s troubled history, as well as his firearms ownership. He …
Read More »Intel watchdog to probe allegations NSA spied on Fox’s Tucker Carlson, despite agency’s denial – reports
National Security Agency IG Robert Storch announced the move on Tuesday, saying his office would look into whether the agency “improperly targeted the communications of a member of the US news media.” While the statement stopped short of citing Carlson by name, unnamed officials told CBS News and the Wall …
Read More »Watchdog shoots down Bezos’ spacecraft-bid protest, affirms NASA’s right to pick SpaceX for next lunar mission
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) rejected Blue Origin’s protest on Friday, stating that NASA was within its rights to select a single company – SpaceX – to build its lander. NASA signed a contract worth almost $3 billion with SpaceX in April, after earlier saying it would take bids from …
Read More »‘We will do this again’: Watchdog warns US learned no lesson from Afghan war as govt swept failures under the rug
John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), pointed to a pattern of disastrously managed American wars over the decades, telling reporters on Thursday that Washington is all but guaranteed to make the same mistakes again, even as it extracts itself from the longest conflict in US history. …
Read More »Police watchdog investigating UK cops from ‘several forces’ over Sarah Everard’s murderer
Former Metropolitan Police Service firearms officer Wayne Couzens, 48, pleaded guilty to the murder of 33-year-old Everard at London’s Old Bailey court on Friday. The officer, who served in the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection command, abducted Everard on March 3 as she walked home from a friend’s house in …
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