Category: Politics
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Security Algorithms Need to be More Transparent
I wrote a piece for The Conversation, “It’s time to shine a light on the unseen algorithms that power ‘Big Brother’”. I try to make the point that we as citizens know very little about the algorithms that power the security services (not to mention all sorts of other things too). Which is troubling as…
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Progress of the Iraq Inquiry
Rt Hon Sir John Chilcot GCB PC trying to explain why the report on the Iraq War is unlikely to come out for months, perhaps not even this year!
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Complex Beyond Regulation – Global Policy Journal Event
I gave a talk on the 18th of June for a event co-hosted by the Global Policy Journal and Durham University. The title of the talk was “Complex Beyond Regulation”, and its major theme was that the global financial system is now so complex that it is beyond our skill to regulate. I took this…
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HoC Home Affairs Committee
Meeting on the 3rd of December 2013. Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian, answers questions on counter-terrorism.
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ISC of Parliament 7th of November 2013
Intelligence and Security Committee in November. Present were, Sir Iain Lobban, Director, GCHQ, Mr Andrew Parker, Director General, Security Service, and Sir John Sawers, Chief, Secret Intelligence Service. They were answering questions on the behaviour of the intelligent services in light of the Snowden Leaks. They weren’t given much of a hard time. Worse, its not…
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William Hague Statement on Snowden Leaks 10th June 2013
I’m going to collect together important reports and parliamentary discussions etc on political response to the Snowden leaks. Partly for my own research into the leaks, but also as I think its useful to dig these things out into one place. This is the statement from, and questions to William Hague MP (foreign security at…