Falls in line with - " SILENT WEAPONS FOR QUIET WARS "
DEEP DIVE DIG – " An Appraisal Of Technologies Of Political Control " working document , Luxembourg , 1998 - PE 166 499.
Directorate For General Research.
( S.T.O.A. Program ) Steve Wright - Omega Foundation , Manchester.
AN APPRAISAL OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF POLITICAL CONTROL EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe objectives of this report are fourfold: (i) to provide Members of the European Parliament with a guide to recent advances in the technology of political control; (ii) to identify. analyze and describe the current state of the art of the most salient developments; (iii) to present members with an account of current trends, both in Europe and Worldwide; and (iv) to develop policy recommendations covering regulatory strategies for their management and future control. The report includes a large selection of illustrations to provide Members of Parliament with a good idea of the scope of current technology together with a representative flavour of what lies on the horizon. The report contains seven substantive sections, which can be summarised as follows: THE ROLE & FUNCTION OF POLITICAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES This section takes into account the multi-functionality of much of this technology and its role in yielding an extension of the scope, efficiency and growth of policing power. It identifies the continuum of control which stretches from modem law enforcement to advanced state suppression, the difference being the level of democratic accountability in the manner in which such technologies are applied. RECENT TRENDS & INNOVATIONS ……
http://www .statewatch.org/news/2005/may/steve-wright-stoa-rep.pdf
this will be on the final exam !
" An Appraisal of Technology of Political Control "
( State Suppression = Mass Surveilance )
http://www.statewatch . org/news/2005/may/steve-wright-stoa-rep.pdf
" An Appraisal Of Technologies Of Political Control " working document , Luxembourg , 1998 - PE 166 499.Directorate For General Research. ( S.T.O.A. Program ) Steve Wright - Omega Foundation , Manchester. AN APPRAISAL OF THE TECHNOLOGY OF POLITICAL CONTROL EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe objectives of this report are fourfold: (i) to provide Members of the European Parliament with a guide to recent advances in the technology of political control; (ii) to identify. analyze and describe the current state of the art of the most salient developments; (iii) to present members with an account of current trends, both in Europe and Worldwide; and (iv) to develop policy recommendations covering regulatory strategies for their management and future control. The report includes a large selection of illustrations to provide Members of Parliament with a good idea of the scope of current technology together with a representative flavour of what lies on the horizon. The report contains seven substantive sections, which can be summarised as follows: THE ROLE & FUNCTION OF POLITICAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES This section takes into account the multi-functionality of much of this technology and its role in yielding an extension of the scope, efficiency and growth of policing power. It identifies the continuum of control which stretches from modem law enforcement to advanced state suppression, the difference being the level of democratic accountability in the manner in which such technologies are applied. RECENT TRENDS & INNOVATIONS ……
http://www .statewatch. org/news/2005/may/steve-wright-stoa-rep.pdf