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Minister Mitchell on U.S. Surveillance Allegations
Minister Mitchell on U.S. Surveillance Allegations
The matter of the alleged surveillance and the taping of conversations of Bahamians by the United States agencies in The Bahamas has been the subject of public interest for some time. The Bahamas government has made inquiries on this...
Rights Group Loses Mass Surveillance Appeal in High Court
Human rights group Liberty has lost its High Court challenge against the government's Investigatory Powers Act...
Witness says he was one of four in surveillance footage
CROWN witness Virgil Hall continued his testimony in the Freeport Supreme Court on Tuesday, identifying himself as one of the four masked men seen in surveillance video footage of the armed robbery and murder of a couple in Deadman's Reef on the night of September 12, 2015.
Surveillance expert tells of cameras in murder home
Surveillance expert tells of cameras in murder home
A surveillance technician told the Supreme Court he had installed a DVR surveillance system and cameras at Barry and Sheena Johnson's triplex apartment in Deadman's Reef in 2013 - two years before the couple was murdered.Witness Travis Williams said
Increased surveillance in Grand Bahama to watch for Ebola
HEALTH surveillance is being beefed up at the port and airport in Grand Bahama as international efforts to contain and prevent the spread of Ebola continues in west Africa.
Privacy rights not necessarily violated by surveillance bill
Dear Editor,
Concern has been raised about the proposed Interception of Communications Bill, and it has been asserted that if the bill becomes law it would violate the constitutional rights of persons in The Bahamas; specifically the rights protected by article 23 of the Constitution. I do not share that view.
No right which is conferred by law, including constitutional rights, is absolute, nor ca...
Security surveillance blacked out the night before Vasyli murder
SECURITY surveillance blacked out the evening before a millionaire podiatrist was found dead at his home in Old Fort Bay, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday...
US 'agrees to stick to law' in use of surveillance
US 'agrees to stick to law' in use of surveillance
NEARLY one year after it was reported that the United States was intercepting and monitoring Bahamian telephone calls, America has agreed to use the "lawful" authority to obtain surveillance information from this country, according to Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday...
U.S. promises only 'lawful surveillance'
U.S. promises only 'lawful surveillance'
Nearly 11 months after it was revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States has been recording every cellular phone call in The Bahamas, Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the government has been assured that the U.S. will only carry on "lawful surveillance"...
Ebola plan places heavy focus on port surveillance
Ebola plan places heavy focus on port surveillance
The possibility that a "small number" of Ebola cases could be introduced through international travel has been identified in the National Ebola Preparedness and Response Plan as the most likely scenario that The Bahamas would face as it relates to the importation of the deadly virus.
The plan, which places heavy reliance on port surveillance, details how The Bahamas would manage if such a case wer...