The Bilderberg conference, which bills itself as a “forum for informal discussions” held by the world’s top brass, has drawn fire from protesters gathered near the Interalpen-Hotel Tyrol in Austria, accusing the attendees of corruption and elitism. After a rally on Friday, anti-Bilderberg activists re-emerged on Saturday afternoon to protest what many of them refer to as a gathering of criminals.... 

British home secretary Theresa May has announced plan to scrap the beleaguered UK Border Agency and bring it back within the Home Office. Theresa May made the announcement in her talks to MPs at the House of Commons, adding that she will also split the “closed and secretive” agency into an immigration and visa service and a separate law enforcement command. The new apparatus will be brought... 

After Justice Minister Alan Shatter yesterday promised legislation to allow reporting of hitherto secret decisions in children’s courts, it is now incumbent on health minister Dr James Reilly to commit to rescind the similarly secretive and outdated Fluoridation Act of 1963 before the Referendum on Children’s rights on Sat 10th November 2012. “Unless the government commits to rescind the discredited... 

Deputy head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission David Danieli Israel has once again refused to acknowledge international calls for transparency in its covert nuclear program during a meeting held by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). During the nuclear-free Middle East conference in Vienna, deputy head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission David Danieli said on Monday that Tel... 

The Democratic administration of Barack Obama, who denounced his predecessor, George W. Bush, as the most secretive in history, is now denying more Freedom of Information Act requests than the Republican did. Transparency and openness were so important to the new president that on his first full day in office, he dispatched a much-publicized memo saying: “All agencies should adopt a presumption... 

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