Whitehall plans massive cuts
Saturday, July 4th, 2009TIMES ONLINEJonathan Oliver, Isabel Oakeshott and David SmithSecret “doomsday” plans for 20% cuts in public spending are being prepared by senior civil servants, who fear politicians are failing to confront the scale of the budget black hole.Whitehall mandarins have begun creating detailed dossiers containing reductions in expenditure that are far deeper than the more modest savings being proposed by Labour and Conservative politicians.The disclosure comes as Gordon Brown faces a mutiny insi
Lawyers slam CSIS on phone recordings
Friday, December 19th, 2008Monitoring of calls between terror suspect, lawyers called ‘invasive’ Dec 19, 2008 04:30 AM Michelle Shephard Isabel Teotonio Staff reporters Canada’s spy service has been intercepting telephone conversations between a terrorism suspect and his attorneys for more than a year and defence lawyers now want to know how these recorded communications were used and if this practice is widespread. PHOTO SUPPLIED Mohamed Zeki Mahjoub is shown with his childre