Archive for December, 2005

Merry X-mas and Happy New Year

Another year is going to it’s end and another, hopefully even better year, will start.
Play nice and remember take care of yourself and the people around you.

5 years of battle, lost

14-12-2005: The European Parliament has adopted the directive on data retention.
The amendments were approved by 387 votes in favour to 204 against with 29. The final resolution was adopted by 378 votes in favour to 197 against with 30 abstentions.
http://www.dataretentionisnosolution.com/

EFF Newsletter: PATRIOT Act Renewal Blocked in Senate!

Quote from the EFF Mailinglist:

It’s the best holiday gift any civil libertarian could hope for: a bipartisan coalition of Senators has refused to end a filibuster that is blocking renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act.
The group of Democrats and Republicans are rightly concerned that the PATRIOT renewal bill lacks meaningful checks and balances to protect [...]