In the light of the arrest this morning in the Cash for Peerages scandal, this story from America, where they have gotten round to locking up their corrupt officials.   more »

Tuesday 16th Jan saw Gordon Brown head off to India with a trade delegation that was described as a B-Rated trip. “Gordon Brown will not do anything in Bangalore and Delhi that the head of British Telecom or his senior bureaucrat could not have achieved at less expense”   more »

Downing Street political adviser Ruth Turner has been arrested by police investigating the cash-for-honours allegations. The government has confirmed Ms Turner, a senior adviser to the prime minister, was arrested at 6.30 Friday morning but was later released without charge.   more »

ACPO spokesperson said: “Tackling serious and organised crime is a serious issue to the police service. ACPO welcomes any measures that support us in our endeavours to combat this from of criminality”.   more »

It is suggested that now Assistant Commissioner John Yates, the Met officer who is investigating "cash for honours", has passed his findings on to the CPS, that the whispering campaign designed to discredit him is getting louder, as is the political pressure for the CPS to bury it.   more »

How Britain (and America) is heading for the authoritarian state status, and at the same time spread the war in the Middle East.   more »

The US defence department has released a manual with new rules for upcoming trials of terrorism suspects. The rules, which the department says are fair, would allow suspects to be convicted and possibly executed on the basis of hearsay evidence and some coerced testimony.   more »