Terror war raises fears about rights: details laws being pushed through by state and federal lawmakers reducing civil liberties in the name of fighting terror. [via The Smirking Chimp]
John Dean on The problems with Bush's executive order burying presidential records. [via Interesting People]
A University of Toronto team led by Aephraim Steinberg have created a photon level switch (paper, slides), potentially leading toward optical quantum logic gates.
The Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention has been signed by 30 countries. [via /.]
Spain is refusing to extradite terror suspects without guarantees that they won't face the death penalty or a military tribunal.
Pakistan is reported to be evacuating Pakistani Taliban supporters from Kunduz.
First hand accounts of special forces raid on a tanker truck convoy in Afghanistan, from the drivers.
Zimbabwe is accusing foreign journalists of assisting terrorists, specifically the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change, by misrepresenting their acts. England has protested the threat to its journalists. President Mugabe has also recently accused Blair of terrorism for funding the organization through the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.