Posts Tagged ‘formally’

Syrian Government Formally Requests UN Investigation Into Chemical Attack

Advertisment Syrian President Bashar Assad says the Syrian government has formally approached the United Nations, asking it to send in the experts to investigate the April 4 suspected chemical attack. Assad said in an interview with the Russian state-owned RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday that the U.N. has not […]

Intelligence Chief Says Smart-Home Devices May Be Used To Spy On You

The U.S. director of national intelligence, James Clapper, has told lawmakers that intelligence agencies could soon use the “Internet of Things” to conduct covert surveillance on the population. The Internet of Things refers to smart-devices which are embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, that enables them to collect and exchange data and to […]

Gays in military: ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ formally ends

  Shiv MalikGuardian September 20, 2011 An 18-year-old law that prevented serving US military personnel from disclosing that they were gay has been formally repealed. At one minute past midnight eastern time (0401 GMT), the controversial don’t ask don’t tell (DADT) law was abolished after its repeal was signed into law some nine months ago. Introduced by […]

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