'Environmental volunteers' will be encouraged to spy on their neighbours

Councils are recruiting residents to report anyone who drops litter, fails to recycle their rubbish properly, or who allows their dog to foul the streets.

By Lucy Cockcroft

Last Updated: 7:42PM BST 01 Sep 2008

Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid " ( Read more... )

"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." - Obama

Added: 02 July 2008

Barack Obama: Call to Service in Colorado Springs, CO

July 2, 2008

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The New Snoops: Terrorism Liaison Officers, Some from Private Sector

By Matthew Rothschild, July 2, 2008

The full scale of Bush’s assault on our civil liberties may not be known until years after he’s left office.

At the moment, all we can do is get glimpses here or there of what’s going on.

And the latest one to come to my attention is the dispatching ( Read more... )

Obama outlines plan for national service

July 2, 2008 - Chicago Tribune

By John McCormick

Jul. 2, 2008 (McClatchy-Tribune News Service delivered by Newstex) -- From Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, presidents and those who aspire to be president have long put forth calls for greater public service. Some ( Read more... )

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Hundreds of police, firefighters, paramedics and utility workers have been trained and recently dispatched as “Terrorism Liaison Officers” in Colorado, Arizona and California to watch for “suspicious activity” ( Read more... )